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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 Campion, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Campion 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 Campion:
- 40.349314, -105.078059
- 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 Campion
- 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 Campion 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 Campion
Curious and Interesting Names Near Campion ...
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.
- Berts Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berts Corner is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berts Corner
- Clark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Hardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hardman is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kings Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kings Corner is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
- Little Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Dam is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dam
- Loveland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Campion 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 Campion to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Campion and extending to:
- Fort Collins, which is the Seat of Larimer County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Campion to Fort Collins, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,488 miles [2,394.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,840 miles [11,007.9 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 7,603 miles [12,235.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,537 miles [8,910.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Campion) 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 Campion 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 Campion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3493, Longitude: -105.0781 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.652 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.249 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.95 degrees. |
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