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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 Delcarbon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delcarbon 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 Delcarbon:
- 37.712511, -104.876934
- 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 Delcarbon
- 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 Huerfano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huerfano County
- Since Delcarbon is near Pueblo County and also Las Animas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pueblo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Las Animas 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 Delcarbon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Delcarbon ...
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.
- Gordon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Greenhorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Lester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lester is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Morning Glory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
- Muleshoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
- Pryor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pryor is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
- Rugby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rugby is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Strong
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Strong is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
- Uptop ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Uptop is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptop
How Far From Delcarbon 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 Delcarbon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Delcarbon and extending to:
- Walsenburg, which is the Seat of Huerfano County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Delcarbon to Denver, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,504 miles [2,420.5 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 6,986 miles [11,242.9 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 7,746 miles [12,466 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,665 miles [9,116.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Delcarbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Delcarbon 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 Delcarbon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7125, Longitude: -104.8769 In this case, the coordinates for Delcarbon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.241 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.486 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.117 degrees. |
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