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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 El Paso, we use the following websites to find information relevant to El Paso 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 El Paso:
- 31.758607, -106.485785
- 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 El Paso
- 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 El Paso County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Paso County
- Since El Paso is near Dona Ana County and also Otero County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dona Ana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero 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 El Paso
Communities Also Named El Paso ...
We found seven communities that are also named El Paso.
Within Texas, the name El Paso is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- White County
- This El Paso is located in White County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the east northeast of the El Paso that is located in El Paso County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of El Paso.
- Illinois
- Woodford County
- This El Paso is located in Woodford County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the El Paso that is located in El Paso County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodford County community of El Paso.
- Kansas
- Edwards County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of El Paso [Edwards County].
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of El Paso.
- Barry County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of El Paso [Barry County].
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of El Paso [Brunswick County].
- Wisconsin
- Pierce County
- This El Paso is located in Pierce County and lies 1,177 miles [1,894.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the El Paso that is located in El Paso County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of El Paso.
Curious and Interesting Names Near El Paso ...
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.
- Alfalfa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alfalfa is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
- Borderland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Borderland is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borderland
- Fort Bliss
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres has also been known as:
- Green Acres Colonia
- Lizard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lizard is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
- Mission Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mission Hills is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Orange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Planeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Planeport is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planeport
- Smelter Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smelter Town is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
How Far From El Paso 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 city such as El Paso to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in El Paso and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from El Paso to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,722 miles [2,771.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 98 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,379 miles [11,875.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,133 miles [13,088.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,035 miles [9,712.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- El Paso) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 El Paso 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about El Paso, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 El Paso 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 El Paso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7586, Longitude: -106.4858 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.612 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.288 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.306 degrees. |
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