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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 Lower San Francisco Plaza, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lower San Francisco Plaza and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lower San Francisco Plaza
- 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 Lower San Francisco Plaza:
- 33.662834, -108.787286
- 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 Lower San Francisco Plaza
- 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 Catron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catron County
- Since Lower San Francisco Plaza is near Greenlee County and also Apache County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenlee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache 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 Lower San Francisco Plaza
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower San Francisco Plaza ...
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.
- Blue
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blue Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blue Vista is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Vista
- Gribble Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gribble Place is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble Place
- Luna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Potato Patch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Potato Patch is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Patch
- Reserve
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spur Lake ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spur Lake is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur Lake
- Whispering Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whispering Pines is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Willow Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Mountain is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Mountain
How Far From Lower San Francisco Plaza 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 Lower San Francisco Plaza to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lower San Francisco Plaza and extending to:
- Reserve, which is the Seat of Catron County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Lower San Francisco Plaza to Santa Fe, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,794 miles [2,887.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,340 miles [11,812.6 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 8,101 miles [13,037.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,020 miles [9,688.3 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Lower San Francisco Plaza) 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 Lower San Francisco Plaza 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 Lower San Francisco Plaza. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6628, Longitude: -108.7873 In this case, the coordinates for Lower San Francisco Plaza have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.647 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.927 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.422 degrees. |
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