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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 Rose Creek Lodge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rose Creek Lodge 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 Rose Creek Lodge:
- 33.834214, -110.978174
- 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 Rose Creek Lodge
- 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 Rose Creek Lodge is near Navajo County and also Maricopa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maricopa 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 Rose Creek Lodge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rose Creek Lodge ...
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.
- Coffeepot
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coffeepot is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeepot
- Dagger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dagger is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagger
- Government Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Government Hill is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Government Hill
- Grapevine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grapevine is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Punkin Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Punkin Center is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Tonto Basin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Willow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Willow is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Young
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
How Far From Rose Creek Lodge 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 Rose Creek Lodge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rose Creek Lodge and extending to:
- Globe, which is the Seat of Gila County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rose Creek Lodge to Globe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,908 miles [3,070.6 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 7,393 miles [11,897.9 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 8,157 miles [13,127.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 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- Rose Creek Lodge) 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 Rose Creek Lodge 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 Rose Creek Lodge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8342, Longitude: -110.9782 In this case, the coordinates for Rose Creek Lodge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.361 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.004 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.579 degrees. |
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