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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 Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Hills and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hills:
    • 35.742332, -114.353735
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on White Hills
  • 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 Mohave County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Mohave County
    • Since White Hills is near Clark County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Clark 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named White Hills ...

We found five communities that share the name White Hills.

Within Arizona, the name White Hills is unique.

Beyond Arizona, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Santa Barbara 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 California community of White Hills [Santa Barbara County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This White Hills is located in Fairfield County and lies 2,237 miles [3,600.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the White Hills that is located in Mohave County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of White Hills.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This White Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,384 miles [2,227.3 km]<2> to the east of the White Hills that is located in Mohave County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of White Hills.
    • Ontario
      • This White Hills lies 1,820 miles [2,929 km]<2> to the east northeast of the White Hills that is located in Mohave County.
    • South Carolina
      • Kershaw County
      • This White Hills is located in Kershaw County and lies 1,893 miles [3,046.5 km]<2> to the east of the White Hills that is located in Mohave County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of White Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Hills ...

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.

  • Chloride
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Cyclopic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cyclopic have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclopic
    • Cyclopic is located in Mohave County
  • Eldorado Canyon ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldorado Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Canyon
    • Eldorado Canyon is located in Clark County (NV)
  • Gold Basin ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gold Basin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Basin
    • Gold Basin is located in Mohave County
  • Grasshopper Junction
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasshopper Junction
    • Grasshopper Junction is located in Mohave County
  • Hills Camp ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Camp
    • Hills Camp is located in Clark County (NV)
  • Lucky Jim Camp
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucky Jim Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Jim Camp
    • Lucky Jim Camp is located in Clark County (NV)
  • Meadview
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Willow Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

How Far From White Hills 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 Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in White Hills and extending to:

  • Kingman, which is the Seat of Mohave County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from White Hills to Kingman, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 204 miles [328.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,046 miles [3,292.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 117 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,367 miles [11,856 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,135 miles [13,092 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for White Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mohave County: www.co.mohave.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 White Hills 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in White Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7423, Longitude: -114.3537    
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.303 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.712 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.405 degrees.




 

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