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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 Whetstone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whetstone 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 Whetstone:
- 31.957306, -110.342018
- 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 Whetstone
- 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 Whetstone is near Pima County and also Santa Cruz County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pima County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz 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 Whetstone
Communities Also Named Whetstone ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Whetstone.
Within Arizona, the name Whetstone is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Cumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Whetstone [Cumberland County].
- Pulaski County
- This Whetstone is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,513 miles [2,434.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whetstone that is located in Cochise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Whetstone.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Whetstone is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,915 miles [3,081.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whetstone that is located in Cochise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Whetstone.
- North Carolina
- Granville County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Whetstone [Granville County].
- Ohio
- Crawford County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Crawford County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Whetstone.
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Whetstone [Franklin County].
- Morrow County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Whetstone [Morrow County].
- South Carolina
- Oconee County
- This Whetstone is located in Oconee County and lies 1,572 miles [2,529.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whetstone that is located in Cochise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Whetstone.
- Tennessee
- Morgan County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Whetstone [Morgan County].
- Washington
- Columbia County
- This Whetstone is located in Columbia County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Whetstone that is located in Cochise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Whetstone.
- West Virginia
- Clay County
- This Whetstone is located in Clay County and lies 1,704 miles [2,742.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whetstone that is located in Cochise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Whetstone.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whetstone ...
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.
- Black Diamond ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Black Diamond is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Bonnie Blink
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bonnie Blink is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Blink
- Cochise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Contention City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Contention City is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contention City
- Contention City has also been known as:
- Contention
- Escalante Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Escalante Crossing is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante Crossing
- Fry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fry is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Greaterville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greaterville is located in Pima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greaterville
- Hookers Hot Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hookers Hot Springs is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookers Hot Springs
- Kentucky Camp ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kentucky Camp is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Camp
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lewis Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Springs is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Springs
- Mountain View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Pima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Signal Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Signal Village is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Village
- Tombstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vail
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Village Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Village Meadows is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Meadows
How Far From Whetstone to ...
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 Whetstone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whetstone and extending to:
- Bisbee, which is the Seat of Cochise County, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Whetstone to Bisbee, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,922 miles [3,093.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 110 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,487 miles [12,049.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,248 miles [13,273.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Whetstone could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whetstone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whetstone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Whetstone 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 Whetstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9573, Longitude: -110.3420 In this case, the coordinates for Whetstone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.566 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.868 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.267 degrees. |
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