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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 Black Hollow Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Hollow Junction 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 Black Hollow Junction:
- 40.596094, -105.029421
- 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 Black Hollow Junction
- 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 Larimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer County
- Since Black Hollow Junction is near Weld County and also Boulder 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 Boulder 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 Black Hollow Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Hollow Junction ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Arrowhead is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Bruce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bruce is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Horsetooth Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
- Loveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Owl Canyon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Owl Canyon is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Canyon
- Pierce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Severance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stout ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stout is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Tuber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tuber is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuber
How Far From Black Hollow Junction 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 Black Hollow Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Black Hollow Junction and extending to:
- Fort Collins, which is the Seat of Larimer County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Black Hollow Junction to Denver, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- 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 6,824 miles [10,982.2 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 7,588 miles [12,211.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,523 miles [8,888.4 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' (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- Black Hollow Junction) 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 Black Hollow Junction 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 Black Hollow Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5961, Longitude: -105.0294 In this case, the coordinates for Black Hollow Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.636 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.258 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.895 degrees. |
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