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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 Tinsley Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tinsley Crossing 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 Tinsley Crossing:
- 34.127027, -103.421344
- 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 Tinsley Crossing
- 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 Roosevelt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt County
- Since Tinsley Crossing is near Curry County and also Bailey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Curry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bailey 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 Tinsley Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tinsley Crossing ...
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.
- Arch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Arch is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
- Farwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Floyd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Inez ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Inez is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Kermit ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kermit is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
- Lingo ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lingo is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- Longs ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Longs is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs
- Red Lake ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Red Lake is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
- Rogers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
How Far From Tinsley Crossing 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 Tinsley Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tinsley Crossing and extending to:
- Portales, which is the Seat of Roosevelt County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Tinsley Crossing to Santa Fe, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,495 miles [2,406 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,144 miles [11,497.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,896 miles [12,707.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,795 miles [9,326.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tinsley Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Tinsley Crossing 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 Tinsley Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1270, Longitude: -103.4213 In this case, the coordinates for Tinsley Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.731 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.304 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.666 degrees. |
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