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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 Ancho, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ancho 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 Ancho:
- 33.937848, -105.739708
- 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 Ancho
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Ancho is near Socorro County and also Torrance County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Socorro County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Torrance 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 Ancho
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ancho ...
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.
- Cooper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cooper is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Coyote
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coyote is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Lovelace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelace is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Luna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Luna is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Polly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Polly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly
How Far From Ancho to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ancho to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Ancho once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ancho and extending to:
- Carrizozo, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ancho to Carrizozo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,624 miles [2,613.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 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 7,986 miles [12,852.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ancho, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ancho) 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 Ancho 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 Ancho. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9378, Longitude: -105.7397 In this case, the coordinates for Ancho have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.399 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.268 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.841 degrees. |
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