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 Palo Verde:
33.348394, -112.677041
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 Palo Verde
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 Maricopa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Palo Verde.
Within Arizona, the name Palo Verde is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Imperial County
This Palo Verde is located in Imperial County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the west of the Palo Verde that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Imperial County community of Palo Verde.
Santa Clara County
This Palo Verde is located in Santa Clara County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km] to the west northwest of the Palo Verde that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Palo Verde.
Texas
Hidalgo County
This Palo Verde is located in Hidalgo County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Palo Verde that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Palo Verde.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palo Verde ...
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.
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 Palo Verde to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palo Verde and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Palo Verde to Phoenix, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,011 miles [3,236.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,470 miles [12,021.8 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 8,235 miles [13,252.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,177 miles [9,940.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Palo Verde) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Palo Verde to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Palo Verde. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3484, Longitude: -112.6770
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.619 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.48 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.502 degrees.