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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 Barr Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barr Lake 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 Barr Lake:
- 39.944429, -104.775249
- 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 Barr Lake
- 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Since Barr Lake is near Weld County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld 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 Barr Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barr Lake ...
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.
- Commerce City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cozy Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cozy Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
- Derby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Dick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Federal Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Friendly Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
- Holiday Hills Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Irondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Irondale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Magee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Magee is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Quail Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Quail Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill
- Sable
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sable is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable
- Todd Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Todd Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
How Far From Barr Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Barr Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Barr Lake and extending to:
- Brighton, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Barr Lake to Denver, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,475 miles [2,373.8 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 84 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 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 7,617 miles [12,258.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,547 miles [8,927 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barr Lake) 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 Barr Lake 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 Barr Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9444, Longitude: -104.7752 In this case, the coordinates for Barr Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.389 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.899 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.831 degrees. |
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