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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 Cole Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cole 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 Cole Place:
- 32.820385, -104.743581
- 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 Cole 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 Eddy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eddy County
- Since Cole Place is near Chaves County and also Otero County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaves County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero 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 Cole Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cole 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.
- Corner Well
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corner Well is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Well
- Dunken ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dunken is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunken
- Frontier Post
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frontier Post is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Post
- Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunter Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hunter Place is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Place
- Lake Arthur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Loving Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Loving Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Place
- Old Longbotbam Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Old Longbotbam Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Longbotbam Place
- Seven Rivers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Rivers is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Rivers
How Far From Cole Place 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 Cole 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 Cole Place and extending to:
- Carlsbad, which is the Seat of Eddy County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cole Place to Carlsbad, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 209 miles [336.4 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 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,599 miles [2,573.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving 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 7,261 miles [11,685.4 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 8,014 miles [12,897.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cole 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 Cole 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 Cole Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8204, Longitude: -104.7436 In this case, the coordinates for Cole Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.50 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.074 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.40 degrees. |
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