Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ramah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramah and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ramah
- 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 Ramah:
- 35.133089, -108.491741
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ramah
- 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 McKinley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McKinley County
- Since Ramah is near Cibola County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Cibola 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ramah ...
We found seven communities that share the name Ramah.
There is one other community in New Mexico which is also named Ramah.
Beyond New Mexico, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New Mexico ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Louisiana
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Ramah lies 2,609 miles [4,198.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ramah that is located in McKinley County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramah ...
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.
- Bread Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
- Bread Springs is located in McKinley County
- Continental Divide
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Divide
- Continental Divide is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Continental Divide <3>
- Merrill Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrill Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Place
- Merrill Place is located in McKinley County
- Page
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Red Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Red Rock is located in McKinley County
- Sand Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Corner
- Sand Corner is located in Cibola County
- Sundance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Thoreau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoreau
- Thoreau is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thoreau <3>
How Far From Ramah 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 Ramah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ramah and extending to:
- Gallup, which is the Seat of McKinley County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ramah to Gallup, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,744 miles [2,806.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 99 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,244 miles [11,658.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,006 miles [12,884.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,932 miles [9,546.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ramah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for McKinley County: www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/
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 Ramah 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ramah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ramah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1331, Longitude: -108.4917 In this case, the coordinates for Ramah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ramah to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.635 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.06 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.21 degrees. |