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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 Pedro Overlook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Pedro Overlook 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 Pedro Overlook:
- 35.223654, -106.278913
- 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 Pedro Overlook
- 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 Pedro Overlook 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 Pedro Overlook
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Pedro Overlook ...
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.
- Cedar Crest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Coyote ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coyote is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Dolores ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dolores is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- Forest Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Park is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Frost ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frost is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Golden ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Golden is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Lacy Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy Place is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Place
- Montezuma ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Sundance Mesa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sundance Mesa is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Mesa
How Far From San Pedro Overlook to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Pedro Overlook 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 Pedro Overlook and extending to:
- Bernalillo, which is the Seat of Sandoval County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from San Pedro Overlook to Bernalillo, 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 36 miles [57.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,624 miles [2,613.6 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 7,172 miles [11,542.2 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 7,931 miles [12,763.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,846 miles [9,408.2 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Pedro Overlook) 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 Pedro Overlook 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 Pedro Overlook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2237, Longitude: -106.2789 In this case, the coordinates for San Pedro Overlook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.98 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.095 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.044 degrees. |
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