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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 Tierra Amarilla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tierra Amarilla 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 Tierra Amarilla:
- 36.700292, -106.549757
- 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 Tierra Amarilla
- 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 Rio Arriba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba County
- Since Tierra Amarilla is near Conejos County and also Archuleta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conejos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archuleta 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 Tierra Amarilla
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tierra Amarilla ...
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.
- Big Horn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
- Dulce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edith is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Pounds ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pounds is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
- Sublette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
- Willow Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Tierra Amarilla 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 Tierra Amarilla 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 Tierra Amarilla once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tierra Amarilla and extending to:
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Tierra Amarilla to Santa Fe, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,610 miles [2,591 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 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 7,856 miles [12,643 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,779 miles [9,300.4 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 Tierra Amarilla, 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 from Point A (ie- Tierra Amarilla) 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 Tierra Amarilla 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 Tierra Amarilla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7003, Longitude: -106.5498 In this case, the coordinates for Tierra Amarilla have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.372 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.715 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.088 degrees. |
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