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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 Jemez Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jemez Springs 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 Jemez Springs:
- 35.769088, -106.692167
- 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 Jemez Springs
- 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 Sandoval County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandoval County
- Since Jemez Springs is near Los Alamos County and also Rio Arriba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Alamos 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 Jemez Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jemez Springs ...
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.
- Bland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bland is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Copper City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Copper City is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Cuba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek Landing is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Landing
- Deer Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lake is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Frijoles
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Frijoles is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frijoles
- Ponderosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seven Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Jemez Springs 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 village such as Jemez Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jemez Springs and extending to:
- Bernalillo, which is the Seat of Sandoval County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jemez Springs to Bernalillo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 41 miles [66 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,635 miles [2,631.3 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 7,153 miles [11,511.6 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 7,914 miles [12,736.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,833 miles [9,387.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jemez Springs) 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 Jemez Springs 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 Jemez Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7691, Longitude: -106.6922 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.361 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.606 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.226 degrees. |
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