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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 Thompson Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thompson Place 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 Thompson Place:
- 34.943940, -106.136690
- 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 Thompson Place
- 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 Torrance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Torrance County
- Since Thompson Place is near Bernalillo County and also Santa Fe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bernalillo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Fe 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 Thompson Place
Communities Also Named Thompson Place ...
We found three communities that are also named Thompson Place.
Within New Mexico, the name Thompson Place is unique.
Beyond New Mexico, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tehama County
- This Thompson Place is located in Tehama County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Thompson Place that is located in Torrance County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tehama County community of Thompson Place.
- Ohio
- Columbiana 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 Ohio community of Thompson Place [Columbiana County].
- Washington
- Thurston County
- This Thompson Place is located in Thurston County and lies 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Thompson Place that is located in Torrance County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of Thompson Place.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thompson Place ...
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.
- Antelope Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Antelope Springs is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Springs
- Dunn Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dunn Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Place
- Johns Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Johns Place is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Place
- Lacy Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lacy Place is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Place
- Martinez
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martinez is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Moriarty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Springs is located in Torrance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Ponderosa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ponderosa is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
How Far From Thompson Place to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Thompson Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thompson Place and extending to:
- Estancia, which is the Seat of Torrance County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Thompson Place to Estancia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,622 miles [2,610.4 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 7,184 miles [11,561.5 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 7,943 miles [12,783 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,855 miles [9,422.7 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- Thompson Place) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Thompson Place 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 Thompson Place 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 Thompson Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9439, Longitude: -106.1367 In this case, the coordinates for Thompson Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.836 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.895 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.987 degrees. |
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