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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 Arapahoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arapahoe and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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:
    • 42.964496, -108.488391
    • 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 Fremont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Fremont 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.

Within Wyoming, the name Arapahoe is unique.

Beyond Wyoming, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Arapahoe [Arapahoe County].
      • Bent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Arapahoe [Bent County].
      • Cheyenne County
      • This Arapahoe is located in Cheyenne County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Arapahoe that is located in Fremont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Arapahoe.
      • Jefferson 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 Colorado community of Arapahoe [Jefferson County].
    • 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
      • Furnas County
      • This Arapahoe is located in Furnas County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Arapahoe that is located in Fremont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Furnas County community of Arapahoe.
    • North Carolina
      • Pamlico County
      • This Arapahoe is located in Pamlico County and lies 1,773 miles [2,853.4 km]<2> to the east of the Arapahoe that is located in Fremont County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pamlico County community of Arapahoe.

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.

  • Boulder Flats
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder Flats have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Flats
    • Boulder Flats is located in Fremont County
  • French George Crossing
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French George Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French George Crossing
    • French George Crossing is located in Fremont County
  • Johnstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
    • Johnstown is located in Fremont County
  • Pavillion
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Draw
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Draw have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Draw
    • Sand Draw is located in Fremont County
  • Wind River
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wind River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind River
    • Wind River is located in Fremont County

How Far From Arapahoe to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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, the straight-line distance beginning in Arapahoe and extending to:

  • Lander, which is the Seat of Fremont County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Arapahoe to Lander, with an average speed<6> 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 four to five hours.
  • Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 226 miles [363.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,654 miles [2,661.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,780 miles [10,911.4 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 7,548 miles [12,147.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,518 miles [8,880.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arapahoe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fremont County: www.fremontcounty.org/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 'point-to-point' 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: 42.9645, Longitude: -108.4884    
<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 329.458 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.793 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.58 degrees.









 

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