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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 Carriage Club, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carriage Club 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 Carriage Club:
- 39.532489, -104.901091
- 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 Carriage Club
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Carriage Club is near Arapahoe County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Carriage Club
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carriage Club ...
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.
- Castle Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centennial
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cherry Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Knolls is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Knolls
- Cherry Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Cottonwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Greenwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Happy Canyon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Happy Canyon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Canyon
- Heritage Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Kellytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kellytown is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lone Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meridian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Park Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Park Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadows
- Southpark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southpark is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southpark
- Stonegate
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Willow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Carriage Club 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 Carriage Club to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carriage Club and extending to:
- Castle Rock, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carriage Club to Castle Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,485 miles [2,389.9 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 6,882 miles [11,075.5 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 7,644 miles [12,301.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,573 miles [8,968.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carriage Club) 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 Carriage Club 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 Carriage Club. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5325, Longitude: -104.9011 In this case, the coordinates for Carriage Club have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.445 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.92 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.946 degrees. |
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