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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 Tocito, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tocito 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 Tocito:
- 36.399448, -108.781201
- 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 Tocito
- 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 San Juan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- Since Tocito is near Apache County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache 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 Tocito
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tocito ...
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.
- Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Crystal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Crystal is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Horse Mesa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Mesa is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Mesa
- Little Water
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little Water is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Water
- Rattlesnake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rattlesnake is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake
- Red Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Rock is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Red Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Valley is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
- Sheep Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Two Grey Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Two Grey Hills is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Grey Hills
- Wheatfields
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatfields is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfields
How Far From Tocito 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 Tocito to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tocito and extending to:
- Aztec, which is the Seat of San Juan County, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tocito to Aztec, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,735 miles [2,792.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,941 miles [12,779.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,875 miles [9,454.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tocito) 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 Tocito 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 Tocito. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3994, Longitude: -108.7812 In this case, the coordinates for Tocito have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.025 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.649 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.301 degrees. |
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