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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 Nutria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nutria 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 Nutria:
- 37.230838, -107.125598
- 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 Nutria
- 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 Archuleta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archuleta County
- Since Nutria is near Rio Arriba County and also La Plata 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 La Plata 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 Nutria
Communities Also Named Nutria ...
We found two communities that are also named Nutria.
Within Colorado, the name Nutria is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wyoming
- Lincoln 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 Wyoming community of Nutria [Lincoln County].
- Uinta County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Nutria [Uinta County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nutria ...
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.
- Chimney Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dulce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Edith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edith is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Gato
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gato is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gato
- Lonetree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lonetree is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
- Navajo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
- Self Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Self Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
- Three Forks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Three Forks is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Tiffany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tiffany is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Treasure
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Treasure is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure
- Tuckerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckerville is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerville
- Young Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Young Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
How Far From Nutria 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 Nutria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Nutria and extending to:
- Pagosa Springs, which is the Seat of Archuleta County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Nutria to Denver, with an average speed<4>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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 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 7,843 miles [12,622.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 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 Nutria 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Nutria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Nutria 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 Nutria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2308, Longitude: -107.1256 In this case, the coordinates for Nutria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.869 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.359 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.356 degrees. |
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