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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 Browns Canon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Browns Canon 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 Browns Canon:
- 38.608185, -106.064650
- 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 Browns Canon
- 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 Chaffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaffee County
- Since Browns Canon is near Fremont County and also Saguache County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saguache 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 Browns Canon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Browns Canon ...
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.
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monarch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Smeltertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smeltertown is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeltertown
- Stonewall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Swan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Swan is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Swissvale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swissvale is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
- Turret ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Browns Canon 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 Browns Canon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Browns Canon and extending to:
- Salida, which is the Seat of Chaffee County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Browns Canon to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,556 miles [2,504.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 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 7,732 miles [12,443.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,662 miles [9,112.1 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 '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- Browns Canon) 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 Browns Canon 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 Browns Canon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6082, Longitude: -106.0647 In this case, the coordinates for Browns Canon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.224 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.738 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.67 degrees. |
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