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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 Mule Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mule Creek 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 Mule Creek:
- 33.122246, -108.956222
- 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 Mule Creek
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Mule Creek is near Catron County and also Greenlee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catron County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenlee 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 Mule Creek
Communities Also Named Mule Creek ...
We found one communities that are also named Mule Creek.
Within New Mexico, the name Mule Creek is unique.
Beyond New Mexico, there is another community also named Mule Creek in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Ellsworth 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 Kansas community of Mule Creek [Ellsworth County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mule Creek ...
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.
- Charlie Moore Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Charlie Moore Place is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie Moore Place
- Cliff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gunn Place ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gunn Place is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn Place
- Plantsite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plantsite is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantsite
- Stargo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stargo is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stargo
- Steeplerock ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Steeplerock is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplerock
- Three Way
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Three Way is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Willow Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Mountain is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Mountain
How Far From Mule Creek 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 Mule Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mule Creek and extending to:
- Silver City, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 46 miles [74 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mule Creek to Silver City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,376 miles [11,870.5 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 8,137 miles [13,095.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,055 miles [9,744.6 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Mule Creek 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mule Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mule Creek 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 Mule Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1222, Longitude: -108.9562 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.692 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.928 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.526 degrees. |
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