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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 Ciruela, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ciruela 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 Ciruela:
- 35.954482, -104.818607
- 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 Ciruela
- 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 Mora County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mora County
- Since Ciruela is near San Miguel County and also Colfax 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 Colfax 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 Ciruela
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ciruela ...
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.
- Cherry Valley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cherry Valley is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Halls Peak ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Peak is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Peak
- Rainsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shoemaker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shoemaker is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
- Springer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Sweetwater ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sweetwater is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Wagon Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Ciruela to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ciruela to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ciruela and extending to:
- Mora, which is the Seat of Mora County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Ciruela to Mora, 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,530 miles [2,462.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 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 7,843 miles [12,622.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,754 miles [9,260.2 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 '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- Ciruela) 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 Ciruela 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 Ciruela. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9545, Longitude: -104.8186 In this case, the coordinates for Ciruela have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.992 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.001 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.237 degrees. |
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