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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 Totacon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Totacon 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 Totacon:
- 36.851039, -109.425717
- 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 Totacon
- 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 Totacon is near San Juan County and also San Juan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan 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 Totacon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Totacon ...
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.
- Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cove is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Horse Mesa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Mesa is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Mesa
- Little Water
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Little Water is located in San Juan County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Water
- Mexican Water
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mexican Water is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Water
- Red Lake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Red Lake Village is located in San Juan County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Village
- Red Mesa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Red Mesa is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mesa
- Rock Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Round Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sand Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sand Springs is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
- Twin Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Falls is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Falls
How Far From Totacon 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 Totacon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Totacon and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Apache County, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Totacon to Saint Johns, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 278 miles [447.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,761 miles [2,834.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 100 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,169 miles [11,537.4 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 7,934 miles [12,768.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Totacon) 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 Totacon 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 Totacon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8510, Longitude: -109.4257 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.576 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.349 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.627 degrees. |
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