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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 Cotopaxi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotopaxi 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 Cotopaxi:
- 38.370948, -105.688874
- 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 Cotopaxi
- 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 Fremont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- Since Cotopaxi is near Saguache County and also Chaffee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saguache County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaffee 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 Cotopaxi
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotopaxi ...
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.
- Coaldale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Echo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Fink
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fink is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fink
- Hillside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Hot Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Hot Springs is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hot Springs
- Sample
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sample is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample
- Sunset City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sunset City is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
- Swissvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Swissvale is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
- Texas Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Texas Creek is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Creek
How Far From Cotopaxi 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 Cotopaxi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cotopaxi and extending to:
- Canon City, which is the Seat of Fremont County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cotopaxi to Canon City, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,539 miles [2,476.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 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 7,734 miles [12,446.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,661 miles [9,110.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cotopaxi) 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 Cotopaxi 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 Cotopaxi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3709, Longitude: -105.6889 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.917 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.352 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.489 degrees. |
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