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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 Red Mesa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Mesa 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 Red Mesa:
- 36.996389, -109.368999
- 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 Red Mesa
- 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 Red Mesa is near San Juan County and also San Juan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan 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 Red Mesa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Mesa ...
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.
- Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Water
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Water is located in San Juan County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Water
- Mexican Water
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mexican Water is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Water
- Montezuma Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Red Lake Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Red Lake Village is located in San Juan County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Village
- Rock Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Springs is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
- Twin Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Falls is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Falls
How Far From Red Mesa to ...
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 Red Mesa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Red Mesa and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Apache County, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<2> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Red Mesa to Saint Johns, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 288 miles [463.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,756 miles [2,826 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 100 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 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 7,924 miles [12,752.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 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 from Point A (ie- Red Mesa) 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 Red Mesa 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 Red Mesa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9964, Longitude: -109.3690 In this case, the coordinates for Red Mesa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.551 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.332 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.588 degrees. |
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