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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 Midland City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midland City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Midland City:
    • 33.411999, -110.824277
    • 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 Midland City
  • 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 Midland City ...

We found three communities that share the name Midland City.

Within Arizona, the name Midland City is unique.

Beyond Arizona, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dale County
      • This Midland City is located in Dale County and lies 1,480 miles [2,381.8 km]<1> to the east of the Midland City that is located in Gila County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dale County community of Midland City.
    • Illinois
      • De Witt County
      • This Midland City is located in De Witt County and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Midland City that is located in Gila County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Witt County community of Midland City.
    • Ohio
      • Clinton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Midland City [Clinton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Midland City ...

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.

  • Claypool
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Copper Hill ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
    • Copper Hill is located in Gila County
  • Cutter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
    • Cutter is located in Gila County
  • Globe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Inspiration
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inspiration. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inspiration
    • Inspiration is located in Gila County
  • Lower Miami
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Miami have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Miami
    • Lower Miami is located in Gila County
  • Radium
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Radium have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
    • Radium is located in Gila County
  • Top-of-the-World
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-World
    • Top-of-the-World is located in Gila County

How Far From Midland City 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 Midland City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Midland City and extending to:

  • Globe, which is the Seat of Gila County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Midland City to Phoenix, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,910 miles [3,073.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,414 miles [11,931.7 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 8,178 miles [13,161.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Gila County: www.co.gila.az.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Midland City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Midland City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4120, Longitude: -110.8243       In this case, the coordinates for Midland City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Midland City 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 Midland City 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 330.176 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.743 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.504 degrees.




 

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