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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 Eldredge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eldredge 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 Eldredge:
- 38.288035, -107.766616
- 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 Eldredge
- 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 Ouray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ouray County
- Since Eldredge is near Montrose County and also San Miguel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montrose County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel 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 Eldredge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eldredge ...
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.
- Brown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brown is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Camp Bird ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Camp Bird is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bird
- Cedar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Frost
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frost is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Leonard ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leonard is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Loghill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Loghill Village is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loghill Village
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Sawpit
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Thistledown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Thistledown is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistledown
How Far From Eldredge 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 community such as Eldredge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Eldredge and extending to:
- Ouray, which is the Seat of Ouray County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eldredge to Ouray, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,651 miles [2,657 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,037 miles [11,325 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 7,801 miles [12,554.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,739 miles [9,236 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eldredge) 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 Eldredge 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 Eldredge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2880, Longitude: -107.7666 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.476 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.183 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.624 degrees. |
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