Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Minnehaha, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minnehaha and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Minnehaha
- 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:
- 34.163389, -112.407167
- 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
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Yavapai County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Yavapai County
- Since Minnehaha is near Maricopa County and also Coconino County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Maricopa County
- eBird sighting report for Coconino County
- 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 Minnehaha ...
We found four communities that share the name Minnehaha.
Within Arizona, the name Minnehaha is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Minnesota
- New York
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Minnehaha ...
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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chilean Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilean Mill
- Chilean Mill is located in Yavapai County
- Constellation ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Constellation have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constellation
- Constellation is located in Yavapai County
- Crown King
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown King
- Crown King is located in Yavapai County
- Crown King has also been known as:
- Crowned King
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crown King <4>
- Humbug ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbug
- Humbug is located in Yavapai County
- Minnehaha Flats ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minnehaha Flats. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha Flats
- Minnehaha Flats is located in Yavapai County
- Packer ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Tip Top ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
- Tip Top is located in Yavapai County
- Walnut Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Grove is located in Yavapai County
How Far From Minnehaha 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 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<6> community of Minnehaha once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Minnehaha and extending to:
- Prescott, which is the Seat of Yavapai County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Minnehaha to Prescott, with an average speed<7> 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 just over a day.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 52 miles [83.7 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,413 miles [11,930.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,179 miles [13,162.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,123 miles [9,854 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Minnehaha) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minnehaha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1634, Longitude: -112.4072 In this case, the coordinates for Minnehaha 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Minnehaha 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> | 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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.53 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.444 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.347 degrees. |