Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Altona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Altona and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Altona
- 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 Altona:
- 40.133874, -105.282768
- 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 Altona
- 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 Boulder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Since Altona is near Larimer County and also Weld County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Larimer County
- eBird sighting report for Weld 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 Altona ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Altona.
Within Colorado, the name Altona is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, nine are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Altona lies 1,353 miles [2,177.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Altona that is located in Boulder County.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- This Altona lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Altona that is located in Boulder County.
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Altona lies 1,357 miles [2,183.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Altona that is located in Boulder County.
- Wyoming
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Altona ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder
- Boulder is located in Boulder County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107,645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boulder <3>
- Boulder Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Boulder Junction is located in Boulder County
- Dominion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Gold Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Gold Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Gunbarrel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Hygiene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hygiene have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygiene
- Hygiene is located in Boulder County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hygiene <3>
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown is located in Boulder County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamestown <3>
- Lyons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons is located in Boulder County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,058 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <3>
- Mountain Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
- Mountain Meadows is located in Boulder County
- Raymond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Seven Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
- Seven Hills is located in Boulder County
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- Silver Spruce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Spruce have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spruce
- Silver Spruce is located in Boulder County
- Summerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Summerville is located in Boulder County
- Sunshine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Tall Timber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tall Timber have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timber
- Tall Timber is located in Boulder County
- Silver Spruce
How Far From Altona 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 Altona 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<5> community of Altona once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Altona and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies just to the South.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Altona to Denver, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,500 miles [2,414 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 6,858 miles [11,036.9 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 7,622 miles [12,266.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,556 miles [8,941.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Boulder County: www.co.boulder.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Altona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Altona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1339, Longitude: -105.2828 In this case, the coordinates for Altona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Altona 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 Altona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Altona 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 326.786 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.383 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.087 degrees. |