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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 De Beque, we use the following websites to find information relevant to De Beque 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 De Beque:
- 39.334441, -108.214975
- 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 De Beque
- 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 Mesa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mesa County
- Since De Beque is near Garfield County and also Delta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta 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 De Beque
Curious and Interesting Names Near De Beque ...
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.
- Anvil Points
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anvil Points is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil Points
- Bridges Switch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges Switch is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Switch
- Fruitvale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- John Held Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- John Held Corner is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Held Corner
- Lacy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lacy is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Mount Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Lincoln is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lincoln
- Parachute
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pear Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pear Park is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Park
- Plateau City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plateau City is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau City
How Far From De Beque to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as De Beque to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in De Beque and extending to:
- Grand Junction, which is the Seat of Mesa County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from De Beque to Grand Junction, 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 173 miles [278.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,662 miles [2,674.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 95 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 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 7,753 miles [12,477.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,699 miles [9,171.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- De Beque) 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 De Beque 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 De Beque. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3344, Longitude: -108.2150 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.929 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.822 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.787 degrees. |
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