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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 Sonoita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sonoita 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 Sonoita:
    • 31.679309, -110.655808
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sonoita
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Sonoita ...

We found one communities that share the name Sonoita.

There is one other community in Arizona which is also named Sonoita.

Beyond Arizona.

  • Communities Located In Arizona ...
    • Pima County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Sonoita [Pima County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sonoita ...

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.

  • Bonnie Blink
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Blink have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Blink
    • Bonnie Blink is located in Cochise County
  • Casa Blanca ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Casa Blanca. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
    • Casa Blanca is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Casa Blanca
    • From Sonoita to Casa Blanca
  • Continental ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Continental have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental
    • Continental is located in Pima County
  • Fry
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
    • Fry is located in Cochise County
  • Greaterville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Valley
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Kentucky Camp ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kino Springs
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Mountain View is located in Pima County
  • Signal Village
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Signal Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Village
    • Signal Village is located in Cochise County
  • Sunnyside ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Trench Camp
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trench Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trench Camp
    • Trench Camp is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Vail
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)

How Far From Sonoita to ...

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 Sonoita to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Sonoita and extending to:

  • Nogales, which is the Seat of Santa Cruz County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<5> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sonoita to Nogales, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 147 miles [236.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,947 miles [3,133.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 111 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,513 miles [12,091 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,274 miles [13,315.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sonoita. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Santa Cruz County: www.co.santa-cruz.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sonoita could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sonoita) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sonoita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6793, Longitude: -110.6558    
<6>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.
<7>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 Sonoita to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.762 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.078 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.432 degrees.




 

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