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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 Hills Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Hills Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hills Village:
    • 39.64271, -104.959567
    • 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 Cherry Hills Village
  • 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Hills Village ...

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.

  • Bear Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
    • Bear Valley is located in Denver County
  • Centennial
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherry Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cherry Knolls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cherry Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
    • Cherry Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
  • Coventry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Coventry is located in Arapahoe County
  • Greenwood Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
    • Greenwood Village is located in Arapahoe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood Village <2>
  • Havana Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havana Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
    • Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
  • Heather Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heather Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Ridge
    • Heather Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
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    • Littleton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ruby Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruby Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Hill
      • Ruby Hill is located in Denver County
    • Southpark
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southpark have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southpark
      • Southpark is located in Arapahoe County
    • University Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills
      • University Hills is located in Denver County
    • University Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
      • University Park is located in Denver County
    • Willow Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
      • Willow Creek is located in Arapahoe County

How Far From Cherry Hills Village to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Cherry Hills Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Cherry Hills Village and extending to:

  • Littleton, which is the Seat of Arapahoe County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,487 miles [2,393.1 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cherry Hills Village to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 85 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,877 miles [11,067.5 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 7,640 miles [12,295.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Cherry Hills Village: www.cherryhillsvillage.com/

The official website for Arapahoe County: www.co.arapahoe.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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- Cherry Hills Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cherry Hills Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6427, Longitude: -104.9596    
<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 Cherry Hills Village 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 326.499 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.995 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.965 degrees.




 

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