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 Puertocito:
31.609810, -111.497049
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.
We found one communities that share the name Puertocito.
Within Arizona, the name Puertocito is unique.
Beyond Arizona, there is another community also named Puertocito in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New Mexico
Mora County
This Puertocito is located in Mora County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Puertocito that is located in Pima County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mora County community of Puertocito.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Puertocito ...
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.
Partridge ‑ Historic (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Yank's Spring ‑ Historic (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yank's Spring. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Puertocito to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Puertocito and extending to:
Tucson, which is the Seat of Pima County, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Puertocito to Tucson, with an average speed<4> 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 131 miles [210.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,994 miles [3,209 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 114 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,542 miles [12,137.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,304 miles [13,364 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Puertocito) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Puertocito. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6098, Longitude: -111.4970 In this case, the coordinates for Puertocito have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Puertocito to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.405 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.852 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.873 degrees.