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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 Pinetop - Lakeside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinetop - Lakeside 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 Pinetop - Lakeside:
- 34.147755, -109.962938
- 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 Pinetop - Lakeside
- 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 Navajo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo County
- Since Pinetop - Lakeside is near Apache County and also Gila County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gila 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 Pinetop - Lakeside
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinetop - Lakeside ...
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.
- Bell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bell is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Cedar Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Pine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Pine is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Pine
- Robinson Trail Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sevenmile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Show Low
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Silver Creek is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
How Far From Pinetop - Lakeside 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 town such as Pinetop - Lakeside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pinetop - Lakeside and extending to:
- Holbrook, which is the Seat of Navajo County, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pinetop - Lakeside to Holbrook, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 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 8,108 miles [13,048.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,037 miles [9,715.6 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pinetop - Lakeside) 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 Pinetop - Lakeside 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 Pinetop - Lakeside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1478, Longitude: -109.9629 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.621 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.144 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.028 degrees. |
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