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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 Llano Quemado, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Llano Quemado 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 Llano Quemado:
- 36.348914, -105.612790
- 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 Llano Quemado
- 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 Llano Quemado is near Rio Arriba County and also Colfax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colfax 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 Llano Quemado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Llano Quemado ...
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.
- Angel Fire
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kiowa Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kiowa Village is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa Village
- Lobo ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lobo is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobo
- Pilar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pot Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pot Creek is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pot Creek
- Rock Wall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Wall is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Wall
- Shady Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shady Brook is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Solo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Solo is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Twining ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Twining is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
How Far From Llano Quemado 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 community such as Llano Quemado to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Llano Quemado and extending to:
- Taos, which is the Seat of Taos County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Llano Quemado to Santa Fe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,087 miles [11,405.4 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 7,846 miles [12,626.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Llano Quemado) 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 Llano Quemado 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 Llano Quemado. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3489, Longitude: -105.6128 In this case, the coordinates for Llano Quemado have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.629 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.798 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.62 degrees. |
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