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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 Jeffers Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jeffers 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 Jeffers Place:
- 34.195615, -107.774494
- 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 Jeffers 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 Catron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catron County
- Since Jeffers Place is near Socorro County and also Cibola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Socorro County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cibola 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 Jeffers Place
Communities Also Named Jeffers Place ...
We found one communities that are also named Jeffers Place.
Within New Mexico, the name Jeffers Place is unique.
Beyond New Mexico, there is another community also named Jeffers Place in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Kershaw County
- This Jeffers Place is located in Kershaw County and lies 1,537 miles [2,473.6 km]<1> to the east of the Jeffers Place that is located in Catron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Jeffers Place.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jeffers 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.
- Box Bar Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Box Bar Place is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Bar Place
- Greens Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greens Gap is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Gap
- New Horse Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Horse Springs is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Horse Springs
- Pie Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tank Canyon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tank Canyon is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tank Canyon
How Far From Jeffers Place to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jeffers Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jeffers Place and extending to:
- Reserve, which is the Seat of Catron County, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jeffers Place to Reserve, 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 about three full days.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,727 miles [2,779.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 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 8,038 miles [12,935.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Jeffers Place) 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 Jeffers 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 Jeffers Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1956, Longitude: -107.7745 In this case, the coordinates for Jeffers Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.958 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.874 degrees. |
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