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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 Childres Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Childres Place 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 Childres Place:
- 35.327821, -105.720294
- 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 Childres Place
- 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 Santa Fe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Fe County
- Since Childres Place is near San Miguel County and also Torrance 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 Torrance 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 Childres Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Childres Place ...
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.
- Aurora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Dolores ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dolores is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- El Dorado
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- El Dorado is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Jack Canon Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jack Canon Place is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Canon Place
- Kennedy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kennedy is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Madrid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Otto
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Otto is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Stanley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Young Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Young Place is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
How Far From Childres Place 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 Childres Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Childres Place and extending to:
- Santa Fe, which is the Seat of Santa Fe County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Childres Place to Santa Fe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,591 miles [2,560.5 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 63 days and walking would take 91 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,907 miles [12,725.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Childres Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Childres Place 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 Childres Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3278, Longitude: -105.7203 In this case, the coordinates for Childres Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.578 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.629 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.748 degrees. |
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