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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 Little Walnut Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Walnut 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 Little Walnut Village:
- 32.835352, -108.274493
- 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 Little Walnut 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Little Walnut Village is near San Miguel County and also Luna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luna 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 Little Walnut Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Walnut 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.
- Central
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ivanhoe is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Masons Mill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Masons Mill is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Mill
- Oak Grove ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Redstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redstone is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Silver City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Union Hill is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Vanadium
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vanadium is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
How Far From Little Walnut Village 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 Little Walnut 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 Little Walnut Village and extending to:
- Silver City, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies just to the South.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Little Walnut Village to Santa Fe, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,787 miles [2,875.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,373 miles [11,865.7 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 8,132 miles [13,087.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,045 miles [9,728.5 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- Little Walnut 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 Little Walnut 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 Little Walnut Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8354, Longitude: -108.2745 In this case, the coordinates for Little Walnut Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.128 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.222 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.181 degrees. |
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