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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 Spur Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spur Lake 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 Spur Lake:
- 33.993108, -108.875905
- 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 Spur Lake
- 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 Catron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catron County
- Since Spur Lake is near Apache County and also Greenlee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenlee 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 Spur Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spur Lake ...
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.
- Alpine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gribble Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gribble Place is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble Place
- Luna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Potato Patch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Potato Patch is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Patch
- Red Hill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Red Hill is located in Catron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Reserve
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rosebud
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rosebud is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Whispering Pines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whispering Pines is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Spur Lake 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 Spur Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Spur Lake once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Spur Lake and extending to:
- Reserve, which is the Seat of Catron County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Spur Lake to Reserve, with an average speed<4> 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 202 miles [325.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,791 miles [2,882.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,323 miles [11,785.2 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 8,084 miles [13,009.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Spur Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spur Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Spur Lake 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 Spur Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9931, Longitude: -108.8759 In this case, the coordinates for Spur Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.764 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.101 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.458 degrees. |
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