Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Arapahoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arapahoe and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Arapahoe
- 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 Arapahoe:
- 39.77566, -105.179036
- 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 Arapahoe
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Arapahoe is near Adams County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Adams County
- eBird sighting report for Denver 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 Arapahoe ...
We found eight communities that share the name Arapahoe.
There are three communities within Colorado that are also named Arapahoe.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Arapahoe County
- Bent County
- Cheyenne County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Dickinson 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 Kansas community of Arapahoe [Dickinson County].
- Finney County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Finney County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Finney County community of Arapahoe.
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Wyoming
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arapahoe ...
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.
- Apple Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Meadows
- Apple Meadows is located in Jefferson County
- Candlelight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candlelight have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
- Candlelight is located in Jefferson County
- Daniels Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daniels Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Garden
- Daniels Garden is located in Jefferson County
- Golden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Golden is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,347 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden <5>
- Golden Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Heights
- Golden Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Green Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Heritage Dells
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Dells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Dells
- Heritage Dells is located in Jefferson County
- Meadow Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Meadow Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Paramount Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paramount Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount Heights
- Paramount Heights is located in Jefferson County
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- Park Slope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Slope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
- Park Slope is located in Jefferson County
- Pleasant View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Rainbow Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Ridge
- Rainbow Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Spring Mesa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mesa
- Spring Mesa is located in Jefferson County
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Park Slope
How Far From Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Arapahoe once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Arapahoe and extending to:
- Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Arapahoe to Denver, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,498 miles [2,410.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,639 miles [12,293.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,570 miles [8,964 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Arapahoe 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arapahoe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arapahoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7757, Longitude: -105.1790 |
| <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 Arapahoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Arapahoe to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.675 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.216 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.07 degrees. |