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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 Jon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Jon 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 Jon:
- 35.108150, -103.328646
- 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 Jon
- 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 Quay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Quay County
- Since San Jon is near Deaf Smith County and also Curry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Deaf Smith County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Curry 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 Jon
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Jon ...
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.
- Allen ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allen is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Bard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bard is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Bunk Clay Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bunk Clay Place is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunk Clay Place
- Grady
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plain ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plain is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Rain Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rain Place is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Place
- Wheatland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Woods Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Woods Place is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Place
How Far From San Jon 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 village such as San Jon 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 Jon and extending to:
- Tucumcari, which is the Seat of Quay County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from San Jon to Tucumcari, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 152 miles [244.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 1,467 miles [2,360.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,839 miles [12,615.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 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 '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- San Jon) 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 Jon 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 Jon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1082, Longitude: -103.3286 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.795 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.49 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.545 degrees. |
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