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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 Danvik Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Danvik Place and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Danvik Place:
    • 34.963383, -106.222803
    • 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 Danvik 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 Torrance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Torrance County
    • Since Danvik Place is near Bernalillo County and also Santa Fe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bernalillo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Fe 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 Danvik Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Danvik 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.

  • Antelope Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Antelope Springs is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Springs
  • Dunn Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dunn Place is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Place
  • Frost ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Frost is located in Bernalillo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
  • Glover Place
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Glover Place is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Place
  • Johns Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Johns Place is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Place
  • Lacy Place
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lacy Place is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Place
  • Martinez
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Martinez is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
  • Moriarty
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pine Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pine Springs is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
  • Ponderosa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ponderosa is located in Bernalillo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa

How Far From Danvik 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 Danvik 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 Danvik Place and extending to:

  • Estancia, which is the Seat of Torrance County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Danvik Place to Estancia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,626 miles [2,616.8 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 7,186 miles [11,564.7 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 7,944 miles [12,784.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,857 miles [9,425.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Danvik 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 Danvik 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 Danvik Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9634, Longitude: -106.2228       In this case, the coordinates for Danvik Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.903 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.976 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.031 degrees.