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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 Eastdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastdale 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 Eastdale:
- 37.028630, -105.650846
- 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 Eastdale
- 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 Costilla County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Costilla County
- Since Eastdale is near Taos County and also Conejos County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conejos 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 Eastdale
Communities Also Named Eastdale ...
We found two communities that are also named Eastdale.
Within Colorado, the name Eastdale is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Eastdale [Montgomery County].
- Tennessee
- Hamilton County
- This Eastdale is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km]<2> to the east of the Eastdale that is located in Costilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Eastdale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastdale ...
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.
- Anchor ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anchor is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Bountiful
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bountiful is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
- Guadalupe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Guadalupe is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Lava ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lava is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Midnight ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Midnight is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midnight
- Red River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Romeo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sunshine is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Sunshine Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sunshine Valley is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Valley
How Far From Eastdale 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 Eastdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eastdale and extending to:
- San Luis, which is the Seat of Costilla County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eastdale to San Luis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,556 miles [2,504.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,809 miles [12,567.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Eastdale 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eastdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Eastdale 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 Eastdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0286, Longitude: -105.6508 In this case, the coordinates for Eastdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.739 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.00 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.586 degrees. |
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