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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 San Felipe Pueblo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Felipe Pueblo 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 San Felipe Pueblo:
- 35.433925, -106.446693
- 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 San Felipe Pueblo
- 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 San Felipe Pueblo is near Santa Fe County and also Bernalillo 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 Bernalillo 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 San Felipe Pueblo
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Felipe Pueblo ...
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.
- Coyote ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coyote is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Desert Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Desert Mountain is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Mountain
- Dolores ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dolores is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- Golden ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Golden is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Madrid
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Montezuma ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 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 northwest)
- Sundance Mesa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sundance Mesa is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Mesa
- Waldo ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From San Felipe Pueblo 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 San Felipe Pueblo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in San Felipe Pueblo and extending to:
- Bernalillo, which is the Seat of Sandoval County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from San Felipe Pueblo to Bernalillo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,628 miles [2,620 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 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 7,925 miles [12,754.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,841 miles [9,400.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Felipe Pueblo) 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 San Felipe Pueblo 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 San Felipe Pueblo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4339, Longitude: -106.4467 In this case, the coordinates for San Felipe Pueblo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.133 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.30 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.118 degrees. |
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