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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 Tornero, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tornero 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 Tornero:
- 33.884532, -103.713849
- 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 Tornero
- 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 Tornero is near Chaves County and also DeBaca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaves County
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeBaca 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 Tornero
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tornero ...
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.
- Corner Well
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Corner Well is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Well
- Eagle Hill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Hill is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
- Floyd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kermit ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kermit is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
- Lone Wolf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Wolf is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Wolf
- Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Olive is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Red Lake ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Red Lake is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
- Robertson Wells
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Robertson Wells is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Wells
How Far From Tornero 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 Tornero to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tornero and extending to:
- Portales, which is the Seat of Roosevelt County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tornero to Portales, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,920 miles [12,746 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,818 miles [9,363.2 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Tornero) 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 Tornero 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 Tornero. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8845, Longitude: -103.7138 In this case, the coordinates for Tornero have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.909 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.488 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.828 degrees. |
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