Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McCord Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCord Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McCord Place

• 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 McCord Place:
  • 34.698662, -107.674494
  • 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 McCord Place

• 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 Cibola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cibola County
  • Since McCord Place is near Socorro County and also Catron 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 Catron 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 McCord Place

Communities Also Named McCord Place ...

We found one communities that are also named McCord Place.

There is one other community in New Mexico that is also named McCord Place.

Beyond New Mexico.

• Communities Located In New Mexico ...
  • Catron County
    • This McCord Place is located in Catron County and lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the McCord Place that is located in Cibola County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catron County community of McCord Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCord Place ...

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.

• Alaska
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Alaska is located in Cibola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
• Box Bar Place
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Box Bar Place is located in Catron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Bar Place
• Budville
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Budville is located in Cibola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budville
• Casa Blanca
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Casa Blanca is located in Cibola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casa Blanca <2>
• Crane Place
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Crane Place is located in Cibola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Place
• Harrisburg
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Harrisburg is located in Cibola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
• Hughes Place
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hughes Place is located in Cibola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Place
• Orchard Place
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Orchard Place is located in Cibola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
• Tank Canyon ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Tank Canyon is located in Cibola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tank Canyon

How Far From McCord Place 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 McCord Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCord Place and extending to:

• Grants, which is the Seat of Cibola County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McCord Place to Grants, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,710 miles [2,752 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 98 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 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 8,006 miles [12,884.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'