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 Smelter Town:
33.291166, -111.277071
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 Smelter Town
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 Pinal County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found one communities that are also named Smelter Town.
Within Arizona, the name Smelter Town is unique.
Beyond Arizona, there is another community also named Smelter Town in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Texas
El Paso County
This Smelter Town is located in El Paso County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Smelter Town that is located in Pinal County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Smelter Town.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smelter Town ...
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.
Fish Creek ‑ Historic (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
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 Smelter Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Smelter Town and extending to:
Florence, which is the Seat of Pinal County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Smelter Town to Florence, 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 6 hours.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,937 miles [3,117.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,434 miles [11,963.9 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 8,198 miles [13,193.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Smelter Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Smelter Town 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 Smelter Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2912, Longitude: -111.2771 In this case, the coordinates for Smelter Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.51 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.134 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.747 degrees.