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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 Saint Vrain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Vrain 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 Saint Vrain:
- 34.417938, -103.490279
- 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 Saint Vrain
- 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 Curry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Curry County
- Since Saint Vrain is near Roosevelt County and also Quay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Quay 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 Saint Vrain
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Vrain ...
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.
- Arch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Field
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Field is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field
- Floyd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kermit ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kermit is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
- Plain ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plain is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
How Far From Saint Vrain 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 Saint Vrain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saint Vrain and extending to:
- Clovis, which is the Seat of Curry County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Vrain to Clovis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,492 miles [2,401.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,883 miles [12,686.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,782 miles [9,305.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Vrain) 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 Saint Vrain 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 Saint Vrain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4179, Longitude: -103.4903 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.82 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.443 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.679 degrees. |
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