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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 Pueblo de Cochiti, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pueblo de Cochiti 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 Pueblo de Cochiti:
- 35.616921, -106.320836
- 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 Pueblo de Cochiti
- 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 Sandoval County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandoval County
- Since Pueblo de Cochiti is near Santa Fe County and also Los Alamos County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Fe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Alamos 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 Pueblo de Cochiti
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pueblo de Cochiti ...
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.
- Bland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bland is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Coyote ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Coyote is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Dolores ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dolores is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- Frijoles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Frijoles is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frijoles
- Madrid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Montezuma is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Ponderosa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sundance Mesa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sundance Mesa is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Mesa
- Waldo ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From Pueblo de Cochiti 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 Pueblo de Cochiti to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pueblo de Cochiti and extending to:
- Bernalillo, which is the Seat of Sandoval County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pueblo de Cochiti to Bernalillo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,618 miles [2,603.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 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 7,910 miles [12,729.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,827 miles [9,377.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pueblo de Cochiti) 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 Pueblo de Cochiti 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 Pueblo de Cochiti. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6169, Longitude: -106.3208 In this case, the coordinates for Pueblo de Cochiti have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.063 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.236 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.041 degrees. |
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