Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in White Signal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Signal and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for White Signal

• 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 White Signal:
  • 32.555914, -108.366159
  • 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 White Signal

• 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
  • Since White Signal is near Hidalgo County and also San Miguel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hidalgo County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel 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 White Signal

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Signal ...

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 Mill
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Big Mill is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mill
• Black Hawk ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Hawk is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
• Central
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Central is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
• Faywood ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Faywood is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faywood
• Gold Hill ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gold Hill is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
• Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ivanhoe is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
• Lisbon
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lisbon is located in Hidalgo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
• Little Walnut Village
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Little Walnut Village is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut Village
• Oak Grove ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Silver City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Silver City is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,390 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver City <1>
• Telegraph ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Telegraph is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph
• Vanadium
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Vanadium is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium

How Far From White Signal to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as White Signal to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White Signal and extending to:

• Silver City, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from White Signal to Silver City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,800 miles [2,896.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,392 miles [11,896.3 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 8,151 miles [13,117.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,064 miles [9,759.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'