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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 Los Cerrillos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Los Cerrillos 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 Los Cerrillos:
- 35.436888, -106.124972
- 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 Los Cerrillos
- 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 Santa Fe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Fe County
- Since Los Cerrillos is near Sandoval County and also Bernalillo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandoval County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bernalillo 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 Los Cerrillos
Curious and Interesting Names Near Los Cerrillos ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Coyote ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coyote is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Dolores ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dolores is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- El Dorado
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- El Dorado is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Golden ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kennedy is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Madrid
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Waldo ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From Los Cerrillos 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 Los Cerrillos to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Los Cerrillos and extending to:
- Santa Fe, which is the Seat of Santa Fe County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Los Cerrillos to Santa Fe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,611 miles [2,592.7 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 63 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,155 miles [11,514.9 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 7,914 miles [12,736.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,829 miles [9,380.9 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 from Point A (ie- Los Cerrillos) 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 Los Cerrillos 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 Los Cerrillos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4369, Longitude: -106.1250 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.893 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.015 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.951 degrees. |
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