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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 Chisum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chisum 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 Chisum:
- 33.262048, -104.418855
- 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 Chisum
- 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 Chaves County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaves County
- Since Chisum is near Eddy County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eddy 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 Chisum
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chisum ...
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.
- Acme ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Greenfield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Highway Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Highway Mill is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Mill
- Lake Arthur
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Loving Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loving Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Place
- Missouri Plaza ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Missouri Plaza is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Plaza
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
How Far From Chisum 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 Chisum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chisum and extending to:
- Roswell, which is the Seat of Chaves County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chisum to Roswell, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,570 miles [2,526.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,226 miles [11,629.1 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 7,979 miles [12,841 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,877 miles [9,458.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chisum) 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 Chisum 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 Chisum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2620, Longitude: -104.4189 In this case, the coordinates for Chisum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.33 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.92 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.216 degrees. |
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