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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 Acres Green, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Acres Green 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 Acres Green:
- 39.556655, -104.896090
- 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 Acres Green
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Acres Green is near Arapahoe County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Acres Green
Curious and Interesting Names Near Acres Green ...
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.
- Carriage Club
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Centennial
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cherry Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Knolls is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Knolls
- Greenwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Heritage Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lone Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Park Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Park Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadows
- Willow Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Acres Green 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 Acres Green to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Acres Green and extending to:
- Castle Rock, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Acres Green to Castle Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,484 miles [2,388.3 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 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 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 7,643 miles [12,300.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,572 miles [8,967.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Acres Green) 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 Acres Green 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 Acres Green. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5567, Longitude: -104.8961 In this case, the coordinates for Acres Green have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.443 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.921 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.94 degrees. |
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