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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 Spencerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spencerville 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 Spencerville:
- 36.820003, -108.058126
- 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 Spencerville
- 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 San Juan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- Since Spencerville is near La Plata County and also Rio Arriba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Plata County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba 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 Spencerville
Communities Also Named Spencerville ...
We found six communities that are also named Spencerville.
Within New Mexico, the name Spencerville is unique.
Beyond New Mexico, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- DeKalb County
- This Spencerville is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spencerville that is located in San Juan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Spencerville.
- Kansas
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spencerville [Shawnee County].
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Spencerville is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,691 miles [2,721.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spencerville that is located in San Juan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Spencerville.
- Ohio
- Allen County
- This Spencerville is located in Allen County and lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spencerville that is located in San Juan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Spencerville.
- Oklahoma
- Choctaw County
- This Spencerville is located in Choctaw County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the east of the Spencerville that is located in San Juan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Spencerville.
- Ontario
- This Spencerville lies 1,775 miles [2,856.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spencerville that is located in San Juan County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spencerville ...
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.
- Aztec
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cottonwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Fivemile Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fivemile Crossing is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Crossing
- Flora Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Inca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Inca is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
- Marvel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Redmesa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Redmesa is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmesa
- Upper Fruitland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Fruitland is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fruitland
How Far From Spencerville 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 Spencerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spencerville and extending to:
- Aztec, which is the Seat of San Juan County, lies just to the East.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Spencerville to Santa Fe, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,689 miles [2,718.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,895 miles [12,705.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,827 miles [9,377.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Spencerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Spencerville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Spencerville 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 Spencerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8200, Longitude: -108.0581 In this case, the coordinates for Spencerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.526 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.097 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.886 degrees. |
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