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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 Tejon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tejon 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 Tejon:
- 35.330039, -106.365302
- 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 Tejon
- 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 Tejon 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 Tejon
Communities Also Named Tejon ...
We found one communities that are also named Tejon.
There is one other community in New Mexico that is also named Tejon.
Beyond New Mexico.
- Communities Located In New Mexico ...
- Guadalupe County
- This Tejon is located in Guadalupe County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Tejon that is located in Sandoval County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Tejon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tejon ...
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 Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Coyote ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coyote is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Desert Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Desert Mountain is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Mountain
- Dolores ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dolores is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- Forest Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Forest Park is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Frost ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Frost is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Golden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Golden is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Madrid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Sundance Mesa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sundance Mesa is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Mesa
- Waldo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From Tejon 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 Tejon 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<3> community of Tejon once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Tejon and extending to:
- Bernalillo, which is the Seat of Sandoval County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Tejon to Bernalillo, with an average speed<4> 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 33 miles [53.1 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 1,626 miles [2,616.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,169 miles [11,537.4 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 7,928 miles [12,758.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,844 miles [9,405 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Tejon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Tejon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Tejon 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 Tejon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3300, Longitude: -106.3653 In this case, the coordinates for Tejon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.058 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.20 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.082 degrees. |
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