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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 Tsintaa Yiti Ii, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tsintaa Yiti Ii 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 Tsintaa Yiti Ii:
- 35.825564, -109.812335
- 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 Tsintaa Yiti Ii
- 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 Tsintaa Yiti Ii 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 Tsintaa Yiti Ii
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tsintaa Yiti Ii ...
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.
- Cornfields
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornfields is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornfields
- Cottonwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Flat Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Low Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Low Mountain is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Mountain
- Pink Arrow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pink Arrow is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Arrow
- Smoke Signal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smoke Signal is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Signal
- Steamboat
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Steamboat is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
- Steamboat Canyon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Steamboat Canyon is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Canyon
- Sunrise Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sunrise Springs is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Springs
- Wood Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wood Springs is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs
How Far From Tsintaa Yiti Ii 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 Tsintaa Yiti Ii to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tsintaa Yiti Ii and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Apache County, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could drive a straight line from Tsintaa Yiti Ii to Saint Johns, 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 6 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 208 miles [334.7 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 1,801 miles [2,898.4 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 7,241 miles [11,653.3 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 8,005 miles [12,882.8 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>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tsintaa Yiti Ii) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Tsintaa Yiti Ii 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 Tsintaa Yiti Ii. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8256, Longitude: -109.8123 In this case, the coordinates for Tsintaa Yiti Ii have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.742 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.448 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.887 degrees. |
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