Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cuerna Verde Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cuerna Verde Park and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cuerna Verde Park

• 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 Cuerna Verde Park:
  • 37.921953, -104.971379
  • 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 Cuerna Verde Park

• 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 Pueblo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pueblo County
  • Since Cuerna Verde Park is near Custer County and also Huerfano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Custer 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 Cuerna Verde Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cuerna Verde Park ...

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.

• Burnt Mill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Burnt Mill is located in Pueblo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
• Cedar Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Pueblo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Cedarwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cedarwood is located in Pueblo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
• Goodpasture
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Goodpasture is located in Pueblo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodpasture
• Gordon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Gordon is located in Huerfano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
• Greenhorn
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
• Greenwood
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Greenwood is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Morning Glory
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
• Strong
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Strong is located in Huerfano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong

How Far From Cuerna Verde Park 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 Cuerna Verde Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cuerna Verde Park and extending to:

• Pueblo, which is the Seat of Pueblo County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cuerna Verde Park to Pueblo, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 125 miles [201.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,507 miles [2,425.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,737 miles [12,451.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,658 miles [9,105.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'