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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 Yampai, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yampai 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 Yampai:
- 35.489439, -113.200481
- 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 Yampai
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yavapai County
- Since Yampai is near Coconino County and also Mohave County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coconino County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Yampai
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yampai ...
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.
- Grand Canyon Caverns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Canyon Caverns is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Canyon Caverns
- Hackberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hackberry is located in Mohave County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Peach Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Robbers Roost
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Robbers Roost is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbers Roost
- Rose Well Camp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Well Camp is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Well Camp
- Valentine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
How Far From Yampai to ...
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 Yampai to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yampai and extending to:
- Prescott, which is the Seat of Yavapai County, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could drive a straight line from Yampai to Prescott, 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,990 miles [3,202.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,353 miles [11,833.5 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 8,121 miles [13,069.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yampai) 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 Yampai 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 Yampai. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4894, Longitude: -113.2005 In this case, the coordinates for Yampai have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.348 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.542 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.762 degrees. |
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