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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 LaVentana, we use the following websites to find information relevant to LaVentana 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 LaVentana:
- 35.827245, -106.971429
- 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 LaVentana
- 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 LaVentana is near McKinley County and also Rio Arriba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKinley 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 LaVentana
Curious and Interesting Names Near LaVentana ...
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.
- Copper City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Copper City is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Cuba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek Landing is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Landing
- Deer Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lake is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Guadalupe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Guadalupe is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Ponderosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Seven Springs is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Sulphur Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From LaVentana 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 LaVentana to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in LaVentana and extending to:
- Bernalillo, which is the Seat of Sandoval County, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from LaVentana to Bernalillo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 57 miles [91.7 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,158 miles [11,519.7 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 7,919 miles [12,744.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,840 miles [9,398.6 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' (or 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- LaVentana) 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 LaVentana 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 LaVentana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8272, Longitude: -106.9714 In this case, the coordinates for LaVentana have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.578 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.87 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.369 degrees. |
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