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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 Montezuma Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montezuma Creek 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 Montezuma Creek:
- 37.261580, -109.306274
- 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 Montezuma Creek
- 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 Montezuma Creek is near Apache County and also Montezuma 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 Montezuma 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 Montezuma Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Montezuma Creek ...
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.
- Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little Water
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Water is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Water
- Mexican Water
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mexican Water is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Water
- Red Lake Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Red Lake Village is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Village
- Red Mesa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Red Mesa is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mesa
- Twin Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Falls is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Falls
How Far From Montezuma Creek 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 Montezuma Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Montezuma Creek and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of San Juan County, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Montezuma Creek to Monticello, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 278 miles [447.4 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 1,748 miles [2,813.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 100 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 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 7,906 miles [12,723.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,847 miles [9,409.8 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 '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- Montezuma Creek) 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 Montezuma Creek 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 Montezuma Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2616, Longitude: -109.3063 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.535 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.339 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.538 degrees. |
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