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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 Homestead Meadows North, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Homestead Meadows North and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Homestead Meadows North
- 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 Homestead Meadows North:
- 31.847943, -106.172166
- 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 Homestead Meadows North
- 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 Homestead Meadows North is near Otero County and also Hudspeth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hudspeth 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 Homestead Meadows North
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homestead Meadows North ...
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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alfalfa is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
- Dairyland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dairyland is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
- Dairyland has also been known as:
- Dairyland Colonia
- Desert Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Desert Glen is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Glen
- Desert Glen has also been known as:
- Desert Glen Colonia
- Ellen Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellen Park is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Park
- Ellen Park has also been known as:
- Ellen Park Colonia
- Fort Bliss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Horizon City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Planeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Planeport is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planeport
- Roseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Roseville has also been known as:
- Roseville Colonia
- Sparks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sunshine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Sunshine has also been known as:
- Sunshine Colonia
How Far From Homestead Meadows North 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 Homestead Meadows North to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Homestead Meadows North and extending to:
- El Paso, which is the Seat of El Paso County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Homestead Meadows North to El Paso, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 510 miles [820.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,702 miles [2,739.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 97 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,364 miles [11,851.2 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 8,118 miles [13,064.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,018 miles [9,685 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Homestead Meadows North) 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 Homestead Meadows North 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 Homestead Meadows North. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8479, Longitude: -106.1722 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.394 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.037 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.148 degrees. |
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