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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 Mexican Hat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mexican Hat 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 Mexican Hat:
- 37.148647, -109.860245
- 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 Mexican Hat
- 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 Mexican Hat is near Apache County and also Navajo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache 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 Mexican Hat
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mexican Hat ...
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.
- Baby Rocks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bluff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Fields
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Diamond Fields is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Fields
- Little Water
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Little Water is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Water
- Mexican Water
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mexican Water is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Water
- Red Lake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Red Lake Village is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Village
- Red Mesa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Red Mesa is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mesa
- Sand Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Springs is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
How Far From Mexican Hat 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 Mexican Hat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mexican Hat and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of San Juan County, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mexican Hat to Monticello, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 272 miles [437.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,779 miles [2,863 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,163 miles [11,527.7 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 7,929 miles [12,760.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mexican Hat) 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 Mexican Hat 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 Mexican Hat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1486, Longitude: -109.8602 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.948 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.819 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.849 degrees. |
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