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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 Paulcell Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paulcell Place 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 Paulcell Place:
- 34.961970, -109.825949
- 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 Paulcell Place
- 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 Apache County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache County
- Since Paulcell Place is near Navajo County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo 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 Paulcell Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paulcell Place ...
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.
- Chambers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Goodwater is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwater
- Headquarters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Headquarters is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
- Hunt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Navajo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Navajo is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
- Potter Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Place is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Rosedale Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rosedale Heights is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Heights
- Sun Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tanner Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tanner Springs is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Springs
How Far From Paulcell Place 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 Paulcell Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Paulcell Place and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Apache County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Paulcell Place to Saint Johns, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 165 miles [265.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,820 miles [2,929 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,293 miles [11,736.9 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 8,057 miles [12,966.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,989 miles [9,638.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paulcell Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Paulcell Place 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 Paulcell Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9620, Longitude: -109.8259 In this case, the coordinates for Paulcell Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.633 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.237 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.929 degrees. |
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