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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 Minnehaha Flats, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minnehaha Flats 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 Minnehaha Flats:
    • 34.181569, -112.402556
    • 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 Minnehaha Flats
  • 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Minnehaha Flats ...

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.

  • Castle Hot Springs ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hot Springs
    • Castle Hot Springs is located in Yavapai County
  • Chilean Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chilean Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilean Mill
    • Chilean Mill is located in Yavapai County
  • Constellation ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Crown King
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Humbug ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Minnehaha ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Packer ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Packer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packer
    • Packer is located in Yavapai County
  • Palace Station ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Tip Top ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Minnehaha Flats to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Minnehaha Flats once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Minnehaha Flats and extending to:

  • Prescott, which is the Seat of Yavapai County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<5> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Minnehaha Flats to Prescott, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,976 miles [3,180.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 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 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Minnehaha Flats, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Minnehaha Flats) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minnehaha Flats. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1816, Longitude: -112.4026    
<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 Minnehaha Flats 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 331.529 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.444 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.344 degrees.




 

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