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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 Balltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Balltown 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 Balltown:
- 39.077771, -106.281134
- 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 Balltown
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Balltown is near Chaffee County and also Park County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaffee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Park 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 Balltown
Communities Also Named Balltown ...
We found eight communities that are also named Balltown.
Within Colorado, the name Balltown is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Dubuque County
- This Balltown is located in Dubuque County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Balltown that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Balltown.
- Kentucky
- Nelson County
- This Balltown is located in Nelson County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<1> to the east of the Balltown that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Balltown.
- Whitley County
- This Balltown is located in Whitley County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km] to the east of the Balltown that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Balltown.
- Louisiana
- Washington Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Balltown [Washington Parish].
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- This Balltown is located in Chautauqua County and lies 1,435 miles [2,309.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Balltown that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Balltown.
- Pennsylvania
- Forest County
- This Balltown is located in Forest County and lies 1,431 miles [2,303 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Balltown that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forest County community of Balltown.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Balltown is located in Aiken County and lies 1,412 miles [2,272.4 km]<1> to the east of the Balltown that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Balltown.
- Tennessee
- McMinn County
- This Balltown is located in McMinn County and lies 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km]<1> to the east of the Balltown that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Balltown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Balltown ...
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.
- Everett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Everett is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Granite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kobe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kobe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
- Leadville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Low Pass ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Low Pass is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
- Malta ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Pine Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Resurrection Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Resurrection Mill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Mill
- Rockdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Stringtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Balltown 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 Balltown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Balltown and extending to:
- Leadville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Balltown to Leadville, with an average speed<4> 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 82 miles [132 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,562 miles [2,513.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 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 7,712 miles [12,411.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,645 miles [9,084.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Balltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Balltown 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> | 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 Balltown 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 Balltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0778, Longitude: -106.2811 In this case, the coordinates for Balltown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.435 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.036 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.744 degrees. |
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