Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for One Mile

• 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 One Mile:
  • 36.804988, -112.054343
  • 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.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on One Mile

• 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 Coconino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coconino County
  • Since One Mile is near Kane County and also Mohave County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mohave 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for One Mile

Curious and Interesting Names Near One Mile ...

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.

• Big Springs
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Springs is located in Coconino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
• Bitter Springs
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Bitter Springs is located in Coconino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Springs
• Cane
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Cane is located in Coconino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane
• Chair Crossing
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Chair Crossing is located in Coconino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chair Crossing
• Jacob Lake
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jacob Lake is located in Coconino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob Lake
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacob Lake <1>
• Lee's Ferry
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Lee's Ferry is located in Coconino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Ferry
  • Lee's Ferry has also been known as:
  • Little Colorado Station
  • Saint's Ferry
• Marble Canyon
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Marble Canyon is located in Coconino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Canyon
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble Canyon <1>
• Rockhouse ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Rockhouse is located in Kane County (UT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse

How Far From One Mile to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in One Mile and extending to:

• Flagstaff, which is the Seat of Coconino County, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from One Mile to Flagstaff, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,903 miles [3,062.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,010 miles [12,890.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'