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 Windsong:
33.642819, -111.928757
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.
We found three communities that are also named Windsong.
Within Arizona, the name Windsong is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Fayette County
This Windsong is located in Fayette County and lies 1,567 miles [2,521.8 km]<1> to the east of the Windsong that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Windsong.
Texas
Galveston County
This Windsong is located in Galveston County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Windsong that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Windsong.
Harris County
This Windsong is located in Harris County and lies 988 miles [1,590 km] to the east of the Windsong that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Windsong.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windsong ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Windsong to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Windsong and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Windsong to Phoenix, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,963 miles [3,159.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,196 miles [13,190.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Windsong) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Windsong 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 Windsong. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6428, Longitude: -111.9288 In this case, the coordinates for Windsong have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.075 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.848 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.094 degrees.