Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Whitewater, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitewater and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Whitewater
- 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 Whitewater:
- 32.581469, -108.133931
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Whitewater
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Whitewater is near Luna County and also San Miguel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Luna County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Whitewater ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Whitewater.
There is one other community in New Mexico which is also named Whitewater.
Beyond New Mexico, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New Mexico ...
- McKinley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Whitewater [McKinley County].
- McKinley County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Whitewater lies 1,902 miles [3,061 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- Colorado
- Mesa County
- This Whitewater is located in Mesa County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<2> to the north of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Whitewater.
- Georgia
- Crawford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Whitewater [Crawford County].
- Fayette County
- This Whitewater is located in Fayette County and lies 1,367 miles [2,200 km]<2> to the east of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Whitewater.
- Indiana
- Wayne County
- This Whitewater is located in Wayne County and lies 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Whitewater.
- Kansas
- Butler County
- This Whitewater is located in Butler County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Whitewater.
- Manitoba
- This Whitewater lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- Missouri
- Cape Girardeau County
- This Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Whitewater.
- Montana
- Phillips County
- This Whitewater is located in Phillips County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km]<2> to the north of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Whitewater.
- North Carolina
- Transylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Whitewater [Transylvania County].
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Whitewater [Hamilton County].
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- This Whitewater is located in Clackamas County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Whitewater.
- Wisconsin
- Walworth County
- This Whitewater is located in Walworth County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Whitewater that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Whitewater.
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitewater ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Central
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Faywood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Oak Grove ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Silver City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Silver City is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,390 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver City <4>
- Union Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Union Hill is located in Grant County
- Vanadium
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
- Vanadium is located in Grant County
How Far From Whitewater 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 Whitewater to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitewater and extending to:
- Silver City, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Whitewater to Silver City, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 247 miles [397.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,787 miles [2,875.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,383 miles [11,881.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,142 miles [13,103.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitewater. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Whitewater could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Whitewater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitewater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5815, Longitude: -108.1339 In this case, the coordinates for Whitewater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Whitewater to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.981 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.019 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.115 degrees. |