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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 Chipeta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chipeta 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 Chipeta:
- 38.681096, -108.008956
- 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 Chipeta
- 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 Delta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Since Chipeta is near Montrose County and also Mesa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montrose County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mesa 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 Chipeta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chipeta ...
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.
- Delta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Escalante
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Escalante is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
- Frost
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frost is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Huff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Huff is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Keyhole
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Keyhole is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyhole
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pea Green Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pea Green Corner is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Green Corner
- Read
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Read is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read
- Rogers Mesa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Mesa is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mesa
How Far From Chipeta 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 Chipeta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chipeta and extending to:
- Delta, which is the Seat of Delta County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Chipeta to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,658 miles [2,668.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 95 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,021 miles [11,299.2 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 7,786 miles [12,530.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,727 miles [9,216.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chipeta) 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 Chipeta 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 Chipeta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6811, Longitude: -108.0090 In this case, the coordinates for Chipeta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.703 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.491 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.726 degrees. |
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