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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 Clay Hills Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clay Hills Crossing 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 Clay Hills Crossing:
- 37.294440, -110.404855
- 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 Clay Hills Crossing
- 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 San Juan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- Since Clay Hills Crossing is near Kane County and also Navajo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo 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 Clay Hills Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clay Hills Crossing ...
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.
- Bullfrog
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fry Canyon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fry Canyon is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry Canyon
- Gravel Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gravel Crossing is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Crossing
- Halls Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Navajo Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Navajo Mountain is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo Mountain
- Rainbow City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow City is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow City
- Soldier Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Soldier Crossing is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Crossing
How Far From Clay Hills Crossing 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 Clay Hills Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clay Hills Crossing and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of San Juan County, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could drive a straight line from Clay Hills Crossing to Monticello, 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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 252 miles [405.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,806 miles [2,906.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,170 miles [11,539 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 7,936 miles [12,771.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,884 miles [9,469.4 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 from Point A (ie- Clay Hills Crossing) 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 Clay Hills Crossing 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 Clay Hills Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2944, Longitude: -110.4049 In this case, the coordinates for Clay Hills Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.388 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.356 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.142 degrees. |
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