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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 Sangre de Cristo Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sangre de Cristo Grant 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 Sangre de Cristo Grant:
- 37.208348, -105.458901
- 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 Sangre de Cristo Grant
- 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 Sangre de Cristo Grant 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 Sangre de Cristo Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sangre de Cristo Grant ...
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.
- Bountiful
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bountiful is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
- Fir
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fir is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henry is located in Alamosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Monument Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Monument Park is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Park
- Romeo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stonewall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stonewall is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stonewall Gap is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Gap
- Sunshine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sunshine is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Sunshine Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine Valley is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Valley
How Far From Sangre de Cristo Grant 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 Sangre de Cristo Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sangre de Cristo Grant and extending to:
- San Luis, which is the Seat of Costilla County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Sangre de Cristo Grant to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,543 miles [2,483.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 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 7,793 miles [12,541.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,713 miles [9,194.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sangre de Cristo Grant) 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 Sangre de Cristo Grant 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 Sangre de Cristo Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2083, Longitude: -105.4589 In this case, the coordinates for Sangre de Cristo Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.617 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.875 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.47 degrees. |
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