Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Chance, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chance and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Chance
- 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 Chance:
- 38.437214, -106.849763
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Chance
- 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 Gunnison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gunnison County
- Since Chance is near Saguache County and also Hinsdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saguache County
- eBird sighting report for Hinsdale 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Chance ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Chance.
Within Colorado, the name Chance is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Chance [Cherokee County].
- Clarke County
- This Chance is located in Clarke County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Chance that is located in Gunnison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Chance.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chance ...
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.
- Cathedral
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east) - Gateview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Iris
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Monarch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Monarch is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monarch <4>
- Powderhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powderhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderhorn
- Powderhorn is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powderhorn <4>
- Stonewall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Tincup
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
- Tincup is located in Gunnison County
- Vulcan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Chance 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 Chance to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chance and extending to:
- Gunnison, which is the Seat of Gunnison County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Chance to Denver, with an average speed<5>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,600 miles [2,575 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 91 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,766 miles [12,498.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,699 miles [9,171.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chance. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Gunnison County: www.co.gunnison.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Chance 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Chance) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4372, Longitude: -106.8498 In this case, the coordinates for Chance have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Chance to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.797 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.397 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.111 degrees. |