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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 Blazers Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blazers Mill 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 Blazers Mill:
- 33.156474, -105.787488
- 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 Blazers Mill
- 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 Otero County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero County
- Since Blazers Mill is near Lincoln County and also Chaves County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaves 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 Blazers Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blazers Mill ...
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.
- High Rolls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- High Rolls is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
- Marcia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marcia is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcia
- Mayhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Silver Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Silver Springs is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Sun Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sun Valley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sunspot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sunspot is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
- Three Rivers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
How Far From Blazers Mill 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 Blazers Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blazers Mill and extending to:
- Alamogordo, which is the Seat of Otero County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blazers Mill to Alamogordo, 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 174 miles [280 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,646 miles [2,649 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,276 miles [11,709.6 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 8,031 miles [12,924.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,935 miles [9,551.5 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- Blazers Mill) 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 Blazers Mill 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 Blazers Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1565, Longitude: -105.7875 In this case, the coordinates for Blazers Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.318 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.087 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.904 degrees. |
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