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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 Wheeler Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheeler Place 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 Wheeler Place:
- 32.264802, -109.083391
- 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 Wheeler Place
- 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 Cochise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cochise County
- Since Wheeler Place is near Hidalgo County and also Graham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hidalgo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graham 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 Wheeler Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheeler Place ...
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.
- Bowie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
- Cotton City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
- Gary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gary is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Hilltop ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Little Franks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Franks is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Franks
- Lordsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shakespeare ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shakespeare is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
- Former name for Shakespeare:
- Ralston City
- Yellow Hammer Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Hammer Mill is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Hammer Mill
How Far From Wheeler Place to ...
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 Wheeler Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wheeler Place and extending to:
- Bisbee, which is the Seat of Cochise County, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could drive a straight line from Wheeler Place to Bisbee, with an average speed<3>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 191 miles [307.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,431 miles [11,959 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 8,191 miles [13,182.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wheeler Place) 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 Wheeler Place 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 Wheeler Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2648, Longitude: -109.0834 In this case, the coordinates for Wheeler Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.651 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.793 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.61 degrees. |
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