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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 McKinley Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKinley Place 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 McKinley Place:
- 34.638393, -106.381964
- 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 McKinley 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 Torrance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Torrance County
- Since McKinley Place 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 McKinley Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKinley 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.
- Comanche Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Comanche Springs is located in Valencia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Springs
- Glover Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glover Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Place
- King Place
(10 miles [16.1 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 southeast)
- Martin Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Place
- Meadow Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Lake is located in Valencia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Moorehead Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moorehead Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorehead Place
- Mountainair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thunderbird
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thunderbird is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunderbird
How Far From McKinley 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 McKinley Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McKinley Place and extending to:
- Estancia, which is the Seat of Torrance County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from McKinley Place to Estancia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 75 miles [120.7 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 1,642 miles [2,642.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,209 miles [11,601.8 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 7,968 miles [12,823.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,880 miles [9,462.9 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 from Point A (ie- McKinley Place) 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 McKinley Place 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 McKinley Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6384, Longitude: -106.3820 In this case, the coordinates for McKinley Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.976 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.03 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.131 degrees. |
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