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 Ventana:
32.466307, -112.243056
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 are also named Ventana.
Within Arizona, the name Ventana is unique.
Beyond Arizona, there is another community also named Ventana in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Ventana is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,791 miles [2,882.3 km]<1> to the east of the Ventana that is located in Pima County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Ventana.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ventana ...
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.
Allen ‑ Historic (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
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 Ventana to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ventana and extending to:
Tucson, which is the Seat of Pima County, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could drive a straight line from Ventana to Tucson, 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 5 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,010 miles [3,234.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,511 miles [12,087.8 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 8,276 miles [13,318.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Ventana) 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 Ventana 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 Ventana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4663, Longitude: -112.2431
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.135 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.816 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.27 degrees.