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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 Codo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Codo 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 Codo:
- 37.502232, -105.147224
- 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 Codo
- 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 Huerfano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huerfano County
- Since Codo is near Costilla County and also Las Animas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Costilla County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Las Animas 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 Codo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Codo ...
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.
- Fir
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fir is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Gordon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Monument Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Monument Park is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Park
- Morning Glory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
- Muleshoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
- Red Wing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strong
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Strong is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
- Uptop ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Uptop is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptop
How Far From Codo 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 Codo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Codo and extending to:
- Walsenburg, which is the Seat of Huerfano County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Codo to Walsenburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 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 7,766 miles [12,498.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,686 miles [9,150.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Codo) 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 Codo 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 Codo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5022, Longitude: -105.1472 In this case, the coordinates for Codo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.419 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.672 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.279 degrees. |
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