Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Buchanan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buchanan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Buchanan
- 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 Buchanan:
- 34.432017, -104.792487
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Buchanan
- 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 DeBaca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for DeBaca County
- Since Buchanan is near Guadalupe County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Guadalupe County
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Buchanan ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Buchanan.
Within New Mexico, the name Buchanan is unique.
Beyond New Mexico, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 31 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Fresno 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 California community of Buchanan [Fresno County].
- Madera County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Madera County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madera County community of Buchanan.
- Tuolumne County
- This Buchanan is located in Tuolumne County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Buchanan that is located in DeBaca County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Buchanan.
- Colorado
- Logan County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Buchanan [Logan County].
- Washington County
- This community is historic and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Buchanan.
- Florida
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Buchanan [DeKalb County].
- Fulton 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 Georgia community of Buchanan [Fulton County].
- Haralson County
- This Buchanan is located in Haralson County and lies 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km]<3> to the east of the Buchanan that is located in DeBaca County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Buchanan.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Colfax County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Colfax County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Buchanan.
- Lincoln County
- This community is historic and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Buchanan.
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Emmons 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 North Dakota community of Buchanan [Emmons County].
- Stutsman County
- This Buchanan is located in Stutsman County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Buchanan that is located in DeBaca County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stutsman County community of Buchanan.
- Ohio
- Monroe 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 Ohio community of Buchanan [Monroe County].
- Perry County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Perry County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Buchanan.
- Pike County
- This Buchanan is located in Pike County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Buchanan that is located in DeBaca County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Buchanan.
- Ontario
- This Buchanan lies 1,463 miles [2,354.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Buchanan that is located in DeBaca County.
- Oregon
- Benton 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 Oregon community of Buchanan [Benton County].
- Harney County
- This Buchanan is located in Harney County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Buchanan that is located in DeBaca County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harney County community of Buchanan.
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- This Buchanan lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<3> to the north of the Buchanan that is located in DeBaca County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Bowie 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 Texas community of Buchanan [Bowie County].
- Johnson County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Buchanan [Johnson County].
- Virginia
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buchanan ...
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.
In the vicinity of Buchanan, Guadalupe is located 22 miles [35.4 km] to the East
How Far From Buchanan 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 Buchanan 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 community of Buchanan once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Buchanan and extending to:
- Fort Sumner, which is the Seat of DeBaca County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Buchanan to Fort Sumner, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 1,561 miles [2,512.2 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 7,171 miles [11,540.6 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 7,927 miles [12,757.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Buchanan 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> | 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 Buchanan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Buchanan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buchanan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4320, Longitude: -104.7925 In this case, the coordinates for Buchanan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Buchanan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.772 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.574 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.332 degrees. |