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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 Canoncito, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canoncito 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 Canoncito:
- 35.949204, -105.262512
- 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 Canoncito
- 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 Mora County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mora County
- Since Canoncito is near San Miguel County and also Rio Arriba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba 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 Canoncito
Communities Also Named Canoncito ...
We found five communities that are also named Canoncito.
There are five communities within New Mexico that are also named Canoncito.
Beyond New Mexico.
- Communities Located In New Mexico ...
- Bernalillo County
- This Canoncito is located in Bernalillo County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Canoncito that is located in Mora County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bernalillo County community of Canoncito.
- Rio Arriba County
- This Canoncito is located in Rio Arriba County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Canoncito that is located in Mora County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Arriba County community of Canoncito.
- San Miguel County
- This Canoncito is located in San Miguel County and lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Canoncito that is located in Mora County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of Canoncito.
- Santa Fe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Canoncito [Santa Fe County].
- Taos County
- This Canoncito is located in Taos County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Canoncito that is located in Mora County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taos County community of Canoncito.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canoncito ...
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.
- Cherry Valley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Valley is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Geronimo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Geronimo is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo
- Halls Peak ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Peak is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Peak
- Hot Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Mineral Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mineral Hill is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
- Montezuma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rainsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Wall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Wall is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Wall
- Shoemaker
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shoemaker is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
- Trout Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
How Far From Canoncito 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 Canoncito to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Canoncito and extending to:
- Mora, which is the Seat of Mora County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Canoncito to Santa Fe, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 7,099 miles [11,424.7 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 7,857 miles [12,644.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Canoncito) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Canoncito 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Canoncito 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 Canoncito. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9492, Longitude: -105.2625 In this case, the coordinates for Canoncito have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.319 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.388 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.467 degrees. |
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