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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 Tahchee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tahchee 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 Tahchee:
- 36.228612, -109.894561
- 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 Tahchee
- 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 Apache County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache County
- Since Tahchee is near Navajo County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo 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 Tahchee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tahchee ...
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 south)
- Cottonwood is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Coyote Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coyote Springs is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Springs
- Flat Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Junction Overlook
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Junction Overlook is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Overlook
- Low Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Low Mountain is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Mountain
- Many Farms
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rough Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rough Rock is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Rock
- Smoke Signal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Smoke Signal is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Signal
How Far From Tahchee 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 Tahchee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tahchee and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Apache County, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could drive a straight line from Tahchee to Saint Johns, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,798 miles [2,893.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 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 7,984 miles [12,849 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,923 miles [9,532.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tahchee) 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 Tahchee 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 Tahchee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2286, Longitude: -109.8946 In this case, the coordinates for Tahchee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.858 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.914 degrees. |
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