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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 Chacra, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chacra 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 Chacra:
- 39.579331, -107.446296
- 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 Chacra
- 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 Garfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Since Chacra is near Eagle County and also Pitkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eagle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitkin 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 Chacra
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chacra ...
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.
- Allen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Allen is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Antlers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Antlers is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
- Carbonate ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cattle Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cattle Creek is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattle Creek
- Grizzly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grizzly is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly
- No Name
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- No Name is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Name
- Rifle
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Silt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Chacra 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 community such as Chacra to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chacra and extending to:
- Glenwood Springs, which is the Seat of Garfield County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Chacra to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,619 miles [2,605.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 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 7,717 miles [12,419.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,660 miles [9,108.9 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 from Point A (ie- Chacra) 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 Chacra 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 Chacra. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5793, Longitude: -107.4463 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.367 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.184 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.338 degrees. |
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