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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 Cathedral, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cathedral 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 Cathedral:
- 38.095829, -107.033937
- 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 Cathedral
- 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 Hinsdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hinsdale County
- Since Cathedral is near Gunnison County and also Mineral County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gunnison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral 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 Cathedral
Communities Also Named Cathedral ...
We found three communities that are also named Cathedral.
Within Colorado, the name Cathedral is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Cathedral lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cathedral that is located in Hinsdale County.
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cathedral [Suffolk County].
- New York
- New York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cathedral [New York County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cathedral ...
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.
- Capitol City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Capitol City is located in Hinsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol City
- Carson ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Carson is located in Hinsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Gateview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gateview is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateview
- Henson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Henson is located in Hinsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
- Iris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Iris is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Powderhorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Vulcan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vulcan is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Weaver ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Weaver is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
How Far From Cathedral to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cathedral to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cathedral and extending to:
- Lake City, which is the Seat of Hinsdale County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cathedral to Lake City, with an average speed<4> 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 158 miles [254.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,614 miles [2,597.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,791 miles [12,538.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,723 miles [9,210.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cathedral) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cathedral 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Cathedral 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 Cathedral. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0958, Longitude: -107.0339 In this case, the coordinates for Cathedral have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.899 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.482 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.24 degrees. |
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