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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 Rock House Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock House Crossing 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 Rock House Crossing:
- 32.063736, -104.005484
- 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 Rock House Crossing
- 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 Eddy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eddy County
- Since Rock House Crossing is near Reeves County and also Lea County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Reeves County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lea 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 Rock House Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock House Crossing ...
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.
- Cotton Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Place is located in Lea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Place
- Four Forks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Four Forks is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lookout is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lookout Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Crossing
- Loving
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pierce Canyon Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Red Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Red Bluff is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Robinson Arms Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Robinson Arms Landing is located in Reeves County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Arms Landing
How Far From Rock House Crossing 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 Rock House Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rock House Crossing and extending to:
- Carlsbad, which is the Seat of Eddy County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rock House Crossing to Carlsbad, 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 just over a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,581 miles [2,544.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,280 miles [11,716 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,030 miles [12,923 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,923 miles [9,532.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rock House Crossing) 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 Rock House Crossing 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 Rock House Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0637, Longitude: -104.0055 In this case, the coordinates for Rock House Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.846 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.208 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.077 degrees. |
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