Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Willow Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willow Spring and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Willow Spring
- 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 Willow Spring:
- 34.670022, -112.863239
- 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 Willow Spring
- 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 Yavapai County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Yavapai County
- Since Willow Spring is near Coconino County and also Mohave County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Coconino County
- eBird sighting report for Mohave 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 Willow Spring ...
We found two communities that share the name Willow Spring.
Within Arizona, the name Willow Spring is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Wake 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 Willow Spring [Wake County].
- Texas
- Grayson County
- This Willow Spring is located in Grayson County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<2> to the east of the Willow Spring that is located in Yavapai County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Willow Spring.
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Spring ...
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.
- Apron Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apron Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apron Crossing
- Apron Crossing is located in Yavapai County
- Bagdad
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Bagdad is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bagdad <4>
- Grand View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Grand View is located in Yavapai County
- Hillside ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Iron Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
- Iron Springs is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iron Springs <4>
- Mint
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Skull Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Valley
- Skull Valley is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skull Valley <4>
- Wood Trap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Willow Spring 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 Willow Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Willow Spring and extending to:
- Prescott, which is the Seat of Yavapai County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Willow Spring to Prescott, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,989 miles [3,201 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,394 miles [11,899.5 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 8,161 miles [13,133.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willow Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.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 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 Willow Spring 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 '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- Willow Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Willow Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6700, Longitude: -112.8632 In this case, the coordinates for Willow Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Willow Spring to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.965 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.012 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.59 degrees. |