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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 Julian Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Julian 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 Julian Place:
- 34.654770, -108.243120
- 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 Julian 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 Cibola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cibola County
- Since Julian Place is near Catron County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catron 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 Julian Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Julian 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Box Bar Place is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Bar Place
- Fence Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grassie Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grassie Place is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassie Place
- Hogg Place ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hogg Place is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogg Place
- Hughes Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hughes Place is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Place
- Pie Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sand Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sand Corner is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Corner
- Tank Canyon ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tank Canyon is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tank Canyon
- Tingle ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tingle is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingle
How Far From Julian 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 Julian 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 Julian Place and extending to:
- Grants, which is the Seat of Cibola County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Julian Place to Grants, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 1,741 miles [2,801.9 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 7,265 miles [11,691.9 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 8,026 miles [12,916.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 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 from Point A (ie- Julian 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 Julian 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 Julian Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6548, Longitude: -108.2431 In this case, the coordinates for Julian Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.379 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.706 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.10 degrees. |
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