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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 Columbine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Columbine 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 Columbine:
- 40.854462, -106.966122
- 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 Columbine
- 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 Routt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Routt County
- Since Columbine is near Carbon County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Columbine
Communities Also Named Columbine ...
We found two communities that are also named Columbine.
There is one other community in Colorado that is also named Columbine.
Beyond Colorado, there is another community also named Columbine in the United States.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Jefferson County
- This Columbine is located in Jefferson County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Columbine that is located in Routt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Columbine.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Taos 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 New Mexico community of Columbine [Taos County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Columbine ...
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.
- Battle ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Battle is located in Carbon County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Clark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elkhead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhead is located in Routt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
- Glen Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mad Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mystic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mystic is located in Routt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Pearl ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rambler ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rambler is located in Carbon County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambler
How Far From Columbine 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 Columbine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Columbine and extending to:
- Steamboat Springs, which is the Seat of Routt County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Columbine to Steamboat Springs, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,584 miles [2,549.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,630 miles [12,279.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,577 miles [8,975.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Columbine) 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 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 Columbine 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Columbine 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 Columbine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8545, Longitude: -106.9661 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.121 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.023 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.943 degrees. |
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