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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 Trujillos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Los Trujillos and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Trujillos:
    • 34.646726, -106.760860
    • 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 Trujillos
  • 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 Valencia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Valencia County
    • Since Los Trujillos is near Socorro County and also Bernalillo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Socorro 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 Trujillos

Curious and Interesting Names Near Los Trujillos ...

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.

  • Comanche Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Comanche Springs is located in Valencia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Springs
  • Fruitvale ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Fruitvale is located in Bernalillo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
  • Glover Place
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Glover Place is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Place
  • King Place
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • King Place is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Place
  • Martin Place
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Martin Place is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Place
  • Meadow Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadow Lake is located in Valencia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
  • Mission Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mission Park is located in Valencia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Park
  • Moorehead Place
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Moorehead Place is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorehead Place
  • Mountainview
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Mountainview is located in Bernalillo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
  • Red Mill
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Red Mill is located in Socorro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
  • Thunderbird
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Thunderbird is located in Torrance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunderbird

How Far From Los Trujillos 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 Los Trujillos to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Los Trujillos and extending to:

  • Los Lunas, which is the Seat of Valencia County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Los Trujillos to Los Lunas, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,662 miles [2,674.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 95 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,980 miles [12,842.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,894 miles [9,485.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Los Trujillos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Trujillos 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 Trujillos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6467, Longitude: -106.7609       In this case, the coordinates for Los Trujillos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.26 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.369 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.327 degrees.