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Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Casa Fria.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Casa Fria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Casa Fria 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 Casa Fria:
- 35.263648, -107.466995<1>
- 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 Casa Fria
- 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 Cibola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cibola County
- Since Casa Fria is near Sandoval County and also McKinley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandoval County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKinley 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 Casa Fria
Curious and Interesting Names Near Casa Fria ...
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.
- Alaska
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alaska is also located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Budville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Budville is also located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budville
- Casa Blanca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Eagle Nest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Nest is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
- Grants
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grants is also located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,835 people
- Former name for Grants:
- Grants Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grants <2>
- Guadalupe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guadalupe is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Harrisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harrisburg is also located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Leon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leon was located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
How Far From Casa Fria 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 included the distance from a community such as Casa Fria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Casa Fria and extending to:
- Grants, which is the Seat of Cibola County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Casa Fria to Grants, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,687 miles [2,715 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,206 miles [11,596.9 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 7,967 miles [12,821.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,887 miles [9,474.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Casa Fria:
Decimal: 35.26364, -107.466995
DDMMSS: 35° 15' 49", -107° 28' 1" |
| <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' (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- Casa Fria) 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 Casa Fria 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 Casa Fria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2636, Longitude: -107.4670 In this case, the coordinates for Casa Fria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.876 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.167 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.662 degrees. |
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