Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Buckeye, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buckeye and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Buckeye
- 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 Buckeye:
- 32.802068, -103.505775
- 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 Buckeye
- 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 Lea County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lea County
- Since Buckeye is near Gaines County and also Eddy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gaines County
- eBird sighting report for Eddy 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 Buckeye ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Buckeye.
Within New Mexico, the name Buckeye is unique.
Beyond New Mexico, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Madison County
- This Buckeye is located in Madison County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Buckeye.
- Mississippi County
- This Buckeye is located in Mississippi County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km] to the east northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Buckeye.
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Buckeye is located in El Dorado County and lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Buckeye.
- Plumas County
- This Buckeye is located in Plumas County and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km] to the west northwest of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Buckeye.
- Shasta County
- This Buckeye is located in Shasta County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km] to the west northwest of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Buckeye.
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- This Buckeye is located in Fulton County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Buckeye.
- Stephenson 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 Illinois community of Buckeye [Stephenson County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Dickinson County
- This Buckeye is located in Dickinson County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Buckeye.
- Trego County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Trego County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trego County community of Buckeye.
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- This Buckeye is located in Jackson County and lies 1,249 miles [2,010.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Buckeye.
- Muskingum County
- This Buckeye is located in Muskingum County and lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km] to the east northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Buckeye.
- Summit 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 Buckeye [Summit County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- This Buckeye is located in Hanover County and lies 1,509 miles [2,428.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Lea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Buckeye.
- Highland County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Buckeye [Highland County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckeye ...
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.
- Halfway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Hillburn City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillburn City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillburn City
- Hillburn City is located in Lea County
- Hobbs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Hobbs is located in Lea County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,339 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobbs <5>
- Humble City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humble City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble City
- Humble City is located in Lea County
- Loco Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco Hills
- Loco Hills is located in Eddy County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco Hills <5>
- Monument
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
- Monument is located in Lea County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monument <5>
- Nadine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Oil Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Oil Center is located in Lea County
- Prairieview ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieview
- Prairieview is located in Lea County
How Far From Buckeye 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 Buckeye to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Buckeye and extending to:
- Lovington, which is the Seat of Lea County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Buckeye to Lovington, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 242 miles [389.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,533 miles [2,467.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,971 miles [12,828.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Buckeye. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lea County: www.leacounty.net/
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 Buckeye 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Buckeye) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buckeye. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8021, Longitude: -103.5058 In this case, the coordinates for Buckeye have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Buckeye, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Buckeye to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.60 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.999 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.794 degrees. |