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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 Old Campbell Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Campbell 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 Old Campbell Place:
- 33.844497, -108.892569
- 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 Old Campbell 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 Catron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catron County
- Since Old Campbell Place is near Apache County and also Greenlee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache 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 Old Campbell Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Campbell 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.
- Alpine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Vista is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Vista
- Gribble Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gribble Place is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble Place
- Luna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Potato Patch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Potato Patch is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Patch
- Reserve
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spur Lake ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spur Lake is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur Lake
- Whispering Pines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whispering Pines is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Old Campbell Place 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 Old Campbell 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 Old Campbell Place and extending to:
- Reserve, which is the Seat of Catron County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Campbell Place to Reserve, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,795 miles [2,888.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,332 miles [11,799.7 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 8,093 miles [13,024.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,015 miles [9,680.2 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 '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- Old Campbell 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 Old Campbell 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 Old Campbell Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8445, Longitude: -108.8926 In this case, the coordinates for Old Campbell Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.754 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.075 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.472 degrees. |
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