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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 Palominas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palominas and the surrounding area.
- 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 Palominas:
- 31.384556, -110.122370
- 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 Palominas
- 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 Cochise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cochise County
- Since Palominas is near Santa Cruz County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz 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 Palominas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palominas ...
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.
- Black Bear Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Black Bear Spring is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bear Spring
- Fry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fry is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Galena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Galena is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Lewis Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lewis Springs is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Springs
- Miracle Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stark ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stark is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tintown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tintown is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintown
- Village Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Village Meadows is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Meadows
How Far From Palominas 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 Palominas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Palominas and extending to:
- Bisbee, which is the Seat of Cochise County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Palominas to Bisbee, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,927 miles [3,101.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,514 miles [12,092.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,275 miles [13,317.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Palominas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Palominas 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 Palominas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3846, Longitude: -110.1224 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.298 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.489 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.156 degrees. |
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