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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 White Clay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Clay 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 White Clay:
- 36.065007, -109.218712
- 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 White Clay
- 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 White Clay is near San Juan County and also McKinley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKinley 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 White Clay
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Clay ...
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.
- Crystal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Crystal is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Flat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Junction Overlook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Junction Overlook is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Overlook
- Milkwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Milkwater is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milkwater
- Navajo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sawmill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sawmill is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill
- Wheatfields
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatfields is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfields
- Woodsprings
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodsprings is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsprings
- Woodsprings has also been known as:
- Woodspring Trading Post
How Far From White Clay 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 White Clay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White Clay and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Apache County, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from White Clay to Saint Johns, 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 242 miles [389.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,765 miles [2,840.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 101 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 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 7,974 miles [12,832.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,908 miles [9,508 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 'straight-line' (or 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- White Clay) 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 White Clay 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 White Clay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0650, Longitude: -109.2187 In this case, the coordinates for White Clay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.317 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.964 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.555 degrees. |
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