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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 Manzano, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manzano 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 Manzano:
- 34.646727, -106.345019
- 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 Manzano
- 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 Torrance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Torrance County
- Since Manzano is near Valencia County and also Socorro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valencia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Socorro 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 Manzano
Communities Also Named Manzano ...
We found two communities that are also named Manzano.
There are two communities within New Mexico that are also named Manzano.
Beyond New Mexico.
- Communities Located In New Mexico ...
- Bernalillo County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Bernalillo County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bernalillo County community of Manzano.
- Valencia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Manzano [Valencia County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Manzano ...
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 northwest)
- Comanche Springs is located in Valencia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Springs
- Glover Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glover Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Place
- King Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- King Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Place
- Martin Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Martin Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Place
- Meadow Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Lake is located in Valencia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Moorehead Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moorehead Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorehead Place
- Mountainair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thunderbird
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thunderbird is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunderbird
How Far From Manzano 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 Manzano to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Manzano and extending to:
- Estancia, which is the Seat of Torrance County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Manzano to Estancia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 74 miles [119.1 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 1,640 miles [2,639.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 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 7,966 miles [12,820 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,878 miles [9,459.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Manzano, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Manzano 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. |
| <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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manzano) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Manzano 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 Manzano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6467, Longitude: -106.3450 In this case, the coordinates for Manzano have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.95 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.999 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.112 degrees. |
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