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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 Corner Well, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corner Well 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 Corner Well:
- 32.498161, -105.071919
- 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 Corner Well
- 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 Otero County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero County
- Since Corner Well is near Eddy County and also Chaves County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eddy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaves 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 Corner Well
Communities Also Named Corner Well ...
We found one communities that are also named Corner Well.
There is one other community in New Mexico that is also named Corner Well.
Beyond New Mexico.
- Communities Located In New Mexico ...
- Chaves County
- This Corner Well is located in Chaves County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Corner Well that is located in Otero County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaves County community of Corner Well.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Corner Well ...
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.
- Dunken ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dunken is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunken
- Four Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Four Wells is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Wells
- Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Longbotbam Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Old Longbotbam Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Longbotbam Place
- Queen ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Queen is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
- Three Forks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Three Forks is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Corner Well 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 Corner Well to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Corner Well and extending to:
- Alamogordo, which is the Seat of Otero County, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Corner Well to Alamogordo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 225 miles [362.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,625 miles [2,615.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 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 8,043 miles [12,944 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,942 miles [9,562.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Corner Well) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Corner Well 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 Corner Well. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4982, Longitude: -105.0719 In this case, the coordinates for Corner Well have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.69 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.265 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.578 degrees. |
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