Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 North Hurley:
  • 32.722855, -108.132543
  • 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 North Hurley

• 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 North Hurley is near San Miguel County and also Luna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Luna 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 North Hurley

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Hurley ...

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.

• Big Mill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Mill is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mill
• Central
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Central is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
• Faywood ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Faywood is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faywood
• Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ivanhoe is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
• Little Walnut Village
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Walnut Village is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut Village
• Oak Grove ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Silver City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Silver City is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,390 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver City <1>
• Union Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Union Hill is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
• Vanadium
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Vanadium is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium

How Far From North Hurley to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Hurley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Hurley and extending to:

• Silver City, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Hurley to Silver City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 238 miles [383 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 1,783 miles [2,869.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,375 miles [11,868.9 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 8,134 miles [13,090.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,046 miles [9,730.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'