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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 Kiowa Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kiowa Village 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 Kiowa Village:
- 36.579192, -105.596953
- 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 Kiowa Village
- 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 Taos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taos County
- Since Kiowa Village is near Colfax County and also Rio Arriba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colfax 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 Kiowa Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kiowa Village ...
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.
- Carson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Nest
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Hematite ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hematite is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Idlewild
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Idlewild is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Lakeview Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Pines is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Pines
- Lobo ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lobo is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobo
- Midnight ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Midnight is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midnight
- Red River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Brook is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Sunshine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Sunshine Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sunshine Valley is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Valley
- Twining ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Twining is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
How Far From Kiowa Village 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 Kiowa Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kiowa Village and extending to:
- Taos, which is the Seat of Taos County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kiowa Village to Taos, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,561 miles [2,512.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,073 miles [11,382.9 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 7,833 miles [12,606 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 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- Kiowa Village) 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 Kiowa Village 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 Kiowa Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5792, Longitude: -105.5970 In this case, the coordinates for Kiowa Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.645 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.842 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.594 degrees. |
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