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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 Roosevelt Lake Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roosevelt Lake Estates 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 Roosevelt Lake Estates:
- 33.622272, -111.003451
- 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 Roosevelt Lake Estates
- 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 Gila County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gila County
- Since Roosevelt Lake Estates is near Maricopa County and also Pinal County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maricopa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pinal 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 Roosevelt Lake Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roosevelt Lake Estates ...
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.
- Claypool
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dagger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dagger is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagger
- Fish Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fish Creek is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Government Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Government Hill is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Government Hill
- Grapevine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grapevine is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Inspiration
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Inspiration is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inspiration
- Lower Miami
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Miami is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Miami
- Radium
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Radium is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Top-of-the-World
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Top-of-the-World is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-World
- Willow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willow is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
How Far From Roosevelt Lake Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Roosevelt Lake Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Roosevelt Lake Estates and extending to:
- Globe, which is the Seat of Gila County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Roosevelt Lake Estates to Globe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,914 miles [3,080.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,407 miles [11,920.4 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 8,171 miles [13,149.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Roosevelt Lake Estates) 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 Roosevelt Lake Estates 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 Roosevelt Lake Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6223, Longitude: -111.0035 In this case, the coordinates for Roosevelt Lake Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.348 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.969 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.596 degrees. |
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