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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 Flora Vista, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flora Vista 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 Flora Vista:
- 36.794448, -108.080348
- 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 Flora Vista
- 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 San Juan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- Since Flora Vista is near La Plata County and also Rio Arriba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Plata County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba 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 Flora Vista
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flora Vista ...
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.
- Aztec
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cottonwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Fivemile Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fivemile Crossing is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Crossing
- Fruitland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Inca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Inca is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
- Marvel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Redmesa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Redmesa is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmesa
- Upper Fruitland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Fruitland is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fruitland
How Far From Flora Vista 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 Flora Vista to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flora Vista and extending to:
- Aztec, which is the Seat of San Juan County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Flora Vista to Santa Fe, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,690 miles [2,719.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 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 7,897 miles [12,709 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,829 miles [9,380.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flora Vista) 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 Flora Vista 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 Flora Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7944, Longitude: -108.0803 In this case, the coordinates for Flora Vista have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.54 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.111 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.90 degrees. |
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