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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 Canon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canon 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 Canon:
- 37.043345, -106.145859
- 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 Canon
- 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 Conejos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conejos County
- Since Canon is near Rio Arriba County and also Taos County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taos 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 Canon
Communities Also Named Canon ...
We found eight communities that are also named Canon.
Within Colorado, the name Canon is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Franklin County
- This Canon is located in Franklin County and lies 1,301 miles [2,093.8 km]<1> to the east of the Canon that is located in Conejos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Canon.
- New Mexico
- Mora County
- This Canon is located in Mora County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Canon that is located in Conejos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mora County community of Canon.
- San Juan County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in San Juan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Canon.
- Sandoval County
- This Canon is located in Sandoval County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the south southwest of the Canon that is located in Conejos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandoval County community of Canon.
- Taos County
- This Canon is located in Taos County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the southeast of the Canon that is located in Conejos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taos County community of Canon.
- Oregon
- Umatilla County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Canon [Umatilla County].
- Quebec
- This Canon lies 1,779 miles [2,863 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Canon that is located in Conejos County.
- Washington
- Kittitas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Canon [Kittitas County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canon ...
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.
- Big Horn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
- Bountiful
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bountiful is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
- Fox Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Creek is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- Guadalupe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guadalupe is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Alamosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Lava ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lava is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Romeo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sublette
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
How Far From Canon 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 Canon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Canon and extending to:
- Conejos, which is the Seat of Conejos County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Canon to Denver, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,582 miles [2,546 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,824 miles [12,591.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Canon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Canon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Canon could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Canon 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 Canon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0433, Longitude: -106.1459 In this case, the coordinates for Canon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.11 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.441 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.847 degrees. |
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