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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 Miera, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miera 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 Miera:
- 34.965050, -106.291414
- 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 Miera
- 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 Bernalillo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bernalillo County
- Since Miera is near Torrance County and also Santa Fe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Torrance County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Fe 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 Miera
Communities Also Named Miera ...
We found two communities that are also named Miera.
There are two communities within New Mexico that are also named Miera.
Beyond New Mexico.
- Communities Located In New Mexico ...
- Mora County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Miera [Mora County].
- Union County
- This Miera is located in Union County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Miera that is located in Bernalillo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Miera.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miera ...
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.
- Cedar Crest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dunn Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Place
- Forest Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Frost ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Glover Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Glover Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Place
- Johns Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Johns Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Place
- King Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- King Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Place
- Lacy Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lacy Place is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Place
- Martinez
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martinez is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Pine Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Springs is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Ponderosa
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ponderosa is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
How Far From Miera 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 Miera to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Miera and extending to:
- Albuquerque, which is the Seat of Bernalillo County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Miera to Albuquerque, with an average speed<4> 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 52 miles [83.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,946 miles [12,787.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,860 miles [9,430.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Miera 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. |
| <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- Miera) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Miera 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 Miera. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9650, Longitude: -106.2914 In this case, the coordinates for Miera have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.954 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.038 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.066 degrees. |
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