Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Climax, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Climax and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Climax
- 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 Climax:
- 39.371696, -106.187847
- 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 Climax
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Climax is near Summit County and also Park County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Summit County
- eBird sighting report for Park 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 Climax ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Climax.
Within Colorado, the name Climax is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Mills County
- This Climax is located in Mills County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Climax that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mills County community of Climax.
- Montgomery 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 Iowa community of Climax [Montgomery County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Climax is located in Armstrong County and lies 1,413 miles [2,274 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Climax that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Climax.
- Clarion 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 Pennsylvania community of Climax [Clarion County].
- Indiana County
- This Climax is located in Indiana County and lies 1,430 miles [2,301.4 km] to the east of the Climax that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Climax.
- Saskatchewan
- This Climax lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the north of the Climax that is located in Lake County.
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Collin County
- This Climax is located in Collin County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Climax that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Climax.
- Nacogdoches County
- This Climax is located in Nacogdoches County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km] to the southeast of the Climax that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Climax.
- Virginia
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Climax ...
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.
- Birdseye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Copper Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Mountain
- Copper Mountain is located in Summit County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copper Mountain <4>
- Dyersville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyersville
- Dyersville is located in Summit County
- Horseshoe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Leadville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadville
- Leadville is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,773 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leadville <4>
- Mitchell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Park City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Peak Seven West
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peak Seven West have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak Seven West
- Peak Seven West is located in Summit County
- Quartzville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quartzville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzville
- Quartzville is located in Park County
- Resurrection Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Resurrection Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Mill
- Resurrection Mill is located in Lake County
- Stringtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Lake County
- Wild Irishman ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Irishman
- Wild Irishman is located in Summit County
- Wild Irishman has also been known as:
- Preston Mill
- Preston
How Far From Climax to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Climax to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Climax once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Climax and extending to:
- Leadville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Climax to Leadville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,692 miles [12,379.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,627 miles [9,055.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Climax) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Climax. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3717, Longitude: -106.1878 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Climax 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> | 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Climax, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Climax to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.394 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.018 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.664 degrees. |