Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Conifer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Conifer and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Conifer
- 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 Conifer:
- 39.520950, -105.305893
- 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 Conifer
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Conifer is near Park County and also Clear Creek County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Park County
- eBird sighting report for Clear Creek 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 Conifer ...
We found four communities that share the name Conifer.
Within Colorado, the name Conifer is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Conifer ...
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.
- Doubleheader Ranch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doubleheader Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheader Ranch
- Doubleheader Ranch is located in Jefferson County
- Evergreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Evergreen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Evergreen
- From Conifer to Evergreen
- Fenders
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Golden Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
- Golden Meadows is located in Jefferson County
- Homestead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Indian Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Hills <5>
- Indian Springs Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
- Indian Springs Village is located in Jefferson County
- Indians Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indians Hills
- Indians Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indians Hills <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Indians Hills
- From Conifer to Indians Hills
- Marshdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Pine Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Junction
- Pine Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Silver Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Sky Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sky Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
- Sky Village is located in Jefferson County
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- Sphinx Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sphinx Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sphinx Park
- Sphinx Park is located in Jefferson County
- Sprucedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sprucedale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucedale
- Sprucedale is located in Jefferson County
- Stanley Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Park
- Stanley Park is located in Jefferson County
- Twin Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Twin Forks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Forks
- Twin Forks is located in Jefferson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Twin Forks
- From Conifer to Twin Forks
- Sphinx Park
How Far From Conifer 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 Conifer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Conifer and extending to:
- Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Conifer to Golden, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,506 miles [2,423.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,657 miles [12,322.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,588 miles [8,993 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Conifer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Conifer 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Conifer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Conifer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5209, Longitude: -105.3059 |
| <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 Conifer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Conifer to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.746 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.272 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.167 degrees. |