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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 Chama, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chama 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 Chama:
- 37.718894, -105.298893
- 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 Chama
- 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 Huerfano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huerfano County
- Since Chama is near Costilla County and also Saguache County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Costilla 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 Chama
Communities Also Named Chama ...
We found four communities that are also named Chama.
There is one other community in Colorado that is also named Chama.
Beyond Colorado, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Costilla County
- This Chama is located in Costilla County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south of the Chama that is located in Huerfano County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Costilla County community of Chama.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Rio Arriba County
- This Chama is located in Rio Arriba County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chama that is located in Huerfano County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Arriba County community of Chama.
- North Dakota
- Billings 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 North Dakota community of Chama [Billings County].
- Golden Valley County
- This Chama is located in Golden Valley County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the north of the Chama that is located in Huerfano County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Golden Valley County community of Chama.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chama ...
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.
- Cottonwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Fir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fir is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Gordon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Liberty ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Morning Glory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
- Muleshoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
- Red Wing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Strong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Strong is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
- Uptop ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Uptop is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptop
How Far From Chama 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 Chama to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chama and extending to:
- Walsenburg, which is the Seat of Huerfano County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chama to Walsenburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,527 miles [2,457.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,998 miles [11,262.2 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 7,759 miles [12,486.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,681 miles [9,142.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Chama) 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 Chama 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 Chama 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 Chama. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7189, Longitude: -105.2989 In this case, the coordinates for Chama have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.556 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.857 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.34 degrees. |
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