Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Smoke Signal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smoke Signal and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Smoke Signal

• 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 Smoke Signal:
  • 35.980004, -110.045120
  • 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 Smoke Signal

• 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 Navajo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo County
  • Since Smoke Signal is near Apache County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Apache 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 Smoke Signal

Curious and Interesting Names Near Smoke Signal ...

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.

• Cottonwood
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonwood is located in Apache County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
• Coyote Springs
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Coyote Springs is located in Apache County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Springs
• First Mesa
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • First Mesa is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Mesa
• Flat Rock
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Flat Rock is located in Apache County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
• Hard Rocks
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Hard Rocks is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Rocks
• Low Mountain
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Low Mountain is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Mountain
• Pink Arrow
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pink Arrow is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Arrow
• Steamboat
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Steamboat is located in Apache County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
• Steamboat Canyon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Steamboat Canyon is located in Apache County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Canyon

How Far From Smoke Signal 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 Smoke Signal to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Smoke Signal and extending to:

• Holbrook, which is the Seat of Navajo County, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Smoke Signal to Holbrook, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,810 miles [2,912.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,238 miles [11,648.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,003 miles [12,879.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,942 miles [9,562.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'