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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 R W Jones Colonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to R W Jones Colonia 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 R W Jones Colonia:
- 31.997045, -106.597492
- 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 R W Jones Colonia
- 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 R W Jones Colonia 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 R W Jones Colonia
Curious and Interesting Names Near R W Jones Colonia ...
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.
- Anthony
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Borderland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Borderland is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borderland
- Green Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lizard is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard
- Mastodon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mastodon is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastodon
- Mesquite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
How Far From R W Jones Colonia 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 R W Jones Colonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in R W Jones Colonia and extending to:
- El Paso, which is the Seat of El Paso County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from R W Jones Colonia to El Paso, 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 536 miles [862.6 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,721 miles [2,769.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,369 miles [11,859.3 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 8,124 miles [13,074.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,027 miles [9,699.5 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' (or 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- R W Jones Colonia) 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 R W Jones Colonia 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 R W Jones Colonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9970, Longitude: -106.5975 In this case, the coordinates for R W Jones Colonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.734 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.46 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.355 degrees. |
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