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 San Vicente:
32.011743, -111.637061
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 San Vicente
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 Pima County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named San Vicente.
Within Arizona, the name San Vicente is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Monterey County
This San Vicente is located in Monterey County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the San Vicente that is located in Pima County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of San Vicente.
Santa Clara County
This San Vicente is located in Santa Clara County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the northwest of the San Vicente that is located in Pima County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of San Vicente.
Santa Cruz County
This San Vicente is located in Santa Cruz County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km] to the northwest of the San Vicente that is located in Pima County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Cruz County community of San Vicente.
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Vicente ...
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.
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 community such as San Vicente to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in San Vicente and extending to:
Tucson, which is the Seat of Pima County, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from San Vicente to Tucson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,990 miles [3,202.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,521 miles [12,103.9 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 8,285 miles [13,333.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- San Vicente) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 San Vicente 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 San Vicente. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0117, Longitude: -111.6371 In this case, the coordinates for San Vicente have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.583 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.105 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.948 degrees.