Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lordsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lordsburg and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lordsburg
- 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 Lordsburg:
- 32.348015, -108.709522
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lordsburg
- 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 Hidalgo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hidalgo County
- Since Lordsburg is near Grant County and also Cochise County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grant County
- eBird sighting report for Cochise 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lordsburg ...
We found one communities that share the name Lordsburg.
There is one other community in New Mexico which is also named Lordsburg.
Beyond New Mexico.
- Communities Located In New Mexico ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lordsburg ...
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.
- Antelope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Black Hawk ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Hawk have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Black Hawk is located in Grant County
- Cotton City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
- Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County
- Gary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Gold Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Mitchell Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Place
- Mitchell Place is located in Hidalgo County
- Redrock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redrock
- Redrock is located in Grant County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redrock <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Redrock
- From Lordsburg to Redrock
- Shakespeare ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
- Shakespeare is located in Hidalgo County
- Former name for Shakespeare:
- Ralston City
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Shakespeare
- From Lordsburg to Shakespeare
- Windmill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill
- Windmill is located in Hidalgo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Windmill
- From Lordsburg to Windmill
How Far From Lordsburg 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 city such as Lordsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lordsburg and extending to:
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<4> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Lordsburg to Santa Fe, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,824 miles [2,935.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,415 miles [11,933.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,174 miles [13,154.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lordsburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Lordsburg could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lordsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lordsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3480, Longitude: -108.7095 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Lordsburg to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.38 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.475 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.416 degrees. |