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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 Cokedale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cokedale 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 Cokedale:
- 37.144878, -104.620870
- 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 Cokedale
- 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 Las Animas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Las Animas County
- Since Cokedale is near Colfax County and also Huerfano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colfax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huerfano 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 Cokedale
Communities Also Named Cokedale ...
We found three communities that are also named Cokedale.
Within Colorado, the name Cokedale is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Cherokee County
- This Cokedale is located in Cherokee County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the east of the Cokedale that is located in Las Animas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cokedale.
- Montana
- Park 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 Montana community of Cokedale [Park County].
- Washington
- Skagit County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Cokedale [Skagit County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cokedale ...
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.
- Brilliant ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Earl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Earl is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lynn is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Madrid ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Monument Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rugby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rugby is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Starkville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stonewall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stonewall Gap is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Gap
- Yankee ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yankee is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee
How Far From Cokedale 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 town such as Cokedale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cokedale and extending to:
- Trinidad, which is the Seat of Las Animas County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Cokedale to Denver, with an average speed<5>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 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 7,770 miles [12,504.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,685 miles [9,149.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cokedale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cokedale 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> | 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 Cokedale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cokedale 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 Cokedale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1449, Longitude: -104.6209 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.988 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.126 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.034 degrees. |
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