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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 Boulder, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boulder 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 Boulder:
- 40.015849, -105.279253
- 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 Boulder
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Since Boulder is near Jefferson County and also Gilpin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilpin 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 Boulder
Communities Also Named Boulder ...
We found ten communities that are also named Boulder.
There is one other community in Colorado that is also named Boulder.
Beyond Colorado, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Arapahoe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Boulder [Arapahoe County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Boulder lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Boulder that is located in Boulder County.
- California
- Ventura County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Ventura County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Boulder.
- Idaho
- Blaine County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Boulder [Blaine County].
- Illinois
- Clinton County
- This Boulder is located in Clinton County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<2> to the east of the Boulder that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Boulder.
- Montana
- Jefferson County
- This Boulder is located in Jefferson County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Boulder that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Boulder.
- Utah
- Garfield County
- This Boulder is located in Garfield County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Boulder that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Boulder.
- Virginia
- Scott County
- This Boulder is located in Scott County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<2> to the east of the Boulder that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Boulder.
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- This Boulder is located in Barbour County and lies 1,337 miles [2,151.7 km]<2> to the east of the Boulder that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Boulder.
- Wyoming
- Sublette County
- This Boulder is located in Sublette County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the northwest of the Boulder that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sublette County community of Boulder.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boulder ...
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 Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boulder Junction is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Eldorado Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gunbarrel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Mountain Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountain Meadows is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
- Seven Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Hills is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
- Silver Spruce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Spruce is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spruce
- Sugarloaf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- Summerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summerville is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunshine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tall Timber
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tall Timber is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timber
How Far From Boulder 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 city such as Boulder to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boulder and extending to:
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Boulder to Denver, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,501 miles [2,415.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,628 miles [12,276.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Boulder 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. |
| <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- Boulder) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Boulder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Boulder 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 Boulder. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0158, Longitude: -105.2793 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.772 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.355 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.099 degrees. |
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