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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 Twin Knolls:
33.413381, -111.651247
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.
We found one communities that share the name Twin Knolls.
Within Arizona, the name Twin Knolls is unique.
Beyond Arizona, there is another community also named Twin Knolls in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Carroll County
This Twin Knolls is located in Carroll County and lies 1,963 miles [3,159.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Twin Knolls that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Twin Knolls.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Knolls ...
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.
Citrus Gardens (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Citrus Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Twin Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twin Knolls and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Twin Knolls to Phoenix, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,954 miles [3,144.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 111 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,437 miles [11,968.7 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 8,202 miles [13,199.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Twin Knolls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Twin Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4134, Longitude: -111.6512 In this case, the coordinates for Twin Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>
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 Twin Knolls to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.822 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.522 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.947 degrees.