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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 Medinas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Los Medinas 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 Medinas:
- 36.044203, -105.222788
- 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 Medinas
- 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 Mora County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mora County
- Since Los Medinas is near San Miguel County and also Rio Arriba 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 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 Los Medinas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Los Medinas ...
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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cherry Valley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Valley is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Halls Peak ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Peak is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Peak
- Hot Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Montezuma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pot Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pot Creek is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pot Creek
- Rainsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Wall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rock Wall is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Wall
- Shady Brook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Brook is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Shoemaker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shoemaker is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
- Sweetwater ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetwater is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Trout Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
How Far From Los Medinas 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 Los Medinas 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 Medinas and extending to:
- Mora, which is the Seat of Mora County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Los Medinas to Santa Fe, 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,550 miles [2,494.5 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 61 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 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 7,851 miles [12,635 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Los Medinas) 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 Medinas 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 Medinas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0442, Longitude: -105.2228 In this case, the coordinates for Los Medinas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.302 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.378 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.439 degrees. |
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