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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 Colorado, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colorado 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 Colorado:
- 37.567349, -119.994812
- 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 Colorado
- 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 Mariposa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mariposa County
- Since Colorado is near Tuolumne County and also Madera County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuolumne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madera 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 Colorado
Communities Also Named Colorado ...
We found eight communities that are also named Colorado.
There is one other community in California that is also named Colorado.
Beyond California, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Imperial 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 California community of Colorado [Imperial County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Colorado lies 2,152 miles [3,463.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Colorado that is located in Mariposa County.
- Illinois
- Pope 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 Illinois community of Colorado [Pope County].
- Kansas
- Lincoln 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 Colorado [Lincoln County].
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill 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 Pennsylvania community of Colorado [Schuylkill County].
- Texas
- Bastrop County
- This Colorado is located in Bastrop County and lies 1,408 miles [2,266 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Colorado that is located in Mariposa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Colorado.
- Mitchell 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 Texas community of Colorado [Mitchell County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Colorado is located in Salt Lake County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Colorado that is located in Mariposa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Colorado.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colorado ...
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.
- Bear Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ben Hur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Bootjack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clearing House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clearing House is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing House
- Dogtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elliott Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Corner is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Corner
- Indian Gulch ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Gulch is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gulch
- Mormon Bar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mormon Bar is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Bar
- Split Rock Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock Ferry is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Ferry
How Far From Colorado 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 Colorado 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<3> community of Colorado once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Colorado and extending to:
- Mariposa, which is the Seat of Mariposa County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Colorado to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,310 miles [3,717.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,381 miles [11,878.6 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 8,149 miles [13,114.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 Colorado 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 from Point A (ie- Colorado) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Colorado, 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 Colorado 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 Colorado. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5673, Longitude: -119.9948 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.146 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.667 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.686 degrees. |
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