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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 Cherry Creek East, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Creek East 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 Cherry Creek East:
- 39.599167, -104.801389
- 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 Cherry Creek East
- 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 Arapahoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe County
- Since Cherry Creek East is near Douglas County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denver 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 Cherry Creek East
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Creek East ...
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.
- Centennial
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Dove Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dove Hill is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Hill
- Foxfield
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Foxfield is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
- Harbor Pointe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Pointe is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Pointe
- Highpoint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highpoint is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Meadow Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meadow Hills is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
- Meridian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Park Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadows
- Pheasant Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pheasant Run is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
- Piney Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Piney Creek is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Creek
- Seven Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Hills is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Spring Creek Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek Meadows is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Meadows
- Stonegate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Summer Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Lake is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Lake
- Summer Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Summer Valley is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Valley
- Sundown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sundown is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
How Far From Cherry Creek East 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 Cherry Creek East to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cherry Creek East and extending to:
- Littleton, which is the Seat of Arapahoe County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cherry Creek East to Littleton, 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,479 miles [2,380.2 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 84 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 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 7,637 miles [12,290.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,566 miles [8,957.6 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 '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- Cherry Creek East) 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 Cherry Creek East 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 Cherry Creek East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5992, Longitude: -104.8014 In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Creek East have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.377 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.847 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.884 degrees. |
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