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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 Angeles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Angeles 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 Angeles:
- 31.901515, -103.962422
- 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 Angeles
- 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 Reeves County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Reeves County
- Since Angeles is near Eddy County and also Loving County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eddy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loving 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 Angeles
Curious and Interesting Names Near Angeles ...
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.
- Cotton Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Place is located in Lea County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Place
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lookout is located in Eddy County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lookout Crossing is located in Eddy County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Crossing
- Loving
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pierce Canyon Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Red Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Red Bluff is located in Reeves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Robinson Arms Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rock House Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock House Crossing is located in Eddy County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Crossing
- Woody ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woody is located in Loving County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
How Far From Angeles 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 Angeles to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Angeles and extending to:
- Pecos, which is the Seat of Reeves County, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Angeles to Pecos, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 384 miles [618 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,583 miles [2,547.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,287 miles [11,727.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,037 miles [12,934.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 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 from Point A (ie- Angeles) 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 Angeles 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 Angeles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9015, Longitude: -103.9624 In this case, the coordinates for Angeles have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.789 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.122 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.064 degrees. |
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