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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 Cripple Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cripple Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Cripple Creek:
    • 38.746581, -105.178472
    • 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 Cripple Creek
  • 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 Teller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Teller County
    • Since Cripple Creek is near El Paso County and also Fremont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for El Paso County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont 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 Cripple Creek

Communities Also Named Cripple Creek ...

We found three communities that are also named Cripple Creek.

Within Colorado, the name Cripple Creek is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Cripple Creek is located in Sussex County and lies 1,604 miles [2,581.4 km]<1> to the east of the Cripple Creek that is located in Teller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Cripple Creek.
    • Nevada
      • Churchill County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Churchill County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Churchill County community of Cripple Creek.
    • Virginia
      • Wythe County
      • This Cripple Creek is located in Wythe County and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<1> to the east of the Cripple Creek that is located in Teller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wythe County community of Cripple Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cripple Creek ...

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.

How Far From Cripple Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Cripple Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cripple Creek and extending to:

  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Cripple Creek to Denver, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,507 miles [2,425.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 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 7,697 miles [12,387.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cripple Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Cripple Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Cripple Creek 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 Cripple Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7466, Longitude: -105.1785    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.575 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.989 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.178 degrees.