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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mescal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mescal and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Mescal:
    • 31.975782, -110.43469
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mescal
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mescal ...

We found one communities that share the name Mescal.

There is one other community in Arizona which is also named Mescal.

Beyond Arizona.

  • Communities Located In Arizona ...
    • Pima County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Mescal [Pima County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mescal ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Contention City ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Contention City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contention City
    • Contention City is located in Cochise County
    • Contention City has also been known as:
    • Contention
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Contention City
    • From Mescal to Contention City
  • Escalante Crossing
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escalante Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante Crossing
    • Escalante Crossing is located in Cochise County
  • Greaterville ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Hookers Hot Springs
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hookers Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookers Hot Springs
    • Hookers Hot Springs is located in Cochise County
  • Kentucky Camp ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Littletown
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
    • Littletown is located in Pima County
  • Mountain View
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Mountain View is located in Pima County
  • Tombstone
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Vail
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Whetstone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whetstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
    • Whetstone is located in Cochise County

How Far From Mescal to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mescal to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Mescal and extending to:

  • Bisbee, which is the Seat of Cochise County, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<5> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mescal to Bisbee, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,927 miles [3,101.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,489 miles [12,052.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,250 miles [13,277.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mescal. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Mescal could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mescal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mescal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9758, Longitude: -110.4347    
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Mescal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.641 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.961 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.315 degrees.




 

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