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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 Carrizozo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carrizozo 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 Carrizozo:
- 33.643301, -105.875768
- 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 Carrizozo
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Carrizozo is near Otero County and also Socorro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Socorro 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 Carrizozo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carrizozo ...
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.
- Cooper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cooper is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Coyote
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coyote is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Double Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Double Crossing is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Crossing
- Lovelace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelace is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Luna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Luna is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Polly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly
- Sun Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Three Rivers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
How Far From Carrizozo 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 town such as Carrizozo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Carrizozo and extending to:
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Carrizozo to Santa Fe, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,638 miles [2,636.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,007 miles [12,886 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carrizozo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Carrizozo 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 Carrizozo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6433, Longitude: -105.8758 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.457 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.304 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.925 degrees. |
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