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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 Canones, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canones 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 Canones:
- 36.187732, -106.439582
- 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 Canones
- 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 Rio Arriba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba County
- Since Canones is near Los Alamos County and also Sandoval County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Alamos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandoval 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 Canones
Communities Also Named Canones ...
We found one communities that are also named Canones.
There is one other community in New Mexico that is also named Canones.
Beyond New Mexico.
- Communities Located In New Mexico ...
- Sandoval 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 New Mexico community of Canones [Sandoval County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canones ...
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.
- Bland ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bland is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Chili
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chili is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Clara Peak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clara Peak is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Peak
- Copper City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Copper City is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Coyote
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Deer Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lake is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Frijoles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Frijoles is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frijoles
- Frijoles Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frijoles Spring is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frijoles Spring
- Seven Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Solo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Solo is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Sulphur Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Canones 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 Canones to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Canones and extending to:
- Tierra Amarilla, which is the Seat of Rio Arriba County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Canones to Tierra Amarilla, 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 about two full days.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,613 miles [2,595.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 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 7,882 miles [12,684.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Canones 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Canones) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Canones 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 Canones. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1877, Longitude: -106.4396 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.226 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.488 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.065 degrees. |
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