Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Erie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Erie and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Erie
- 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 Erie:
- 40.036836, -105.042220
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Erie
- 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 Boulder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Since Erie is near Weld County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Weld County
- eBird sighting report for Adams 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Erie ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Erie.
There is one other community in Colorado which is also named Erie.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Weld County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Erie.
- Weld County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- This Erie lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Erie that is located in Boulder County.
- California
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Lawrence County
- This Erie is located in Lawrence County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<2> to the east of the Erie that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Erie.
- Miami County
- This Erie is located in Miami County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the east of the Erie that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Erie.
- Kansas
- Cowley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Erie [Cowley County].
- Neosho County
- This Erie is located in Neosho County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Erie that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neosho County community of Erie.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Becker County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Erie [Becker County].
- Pennington County
- This Erie is located in Pennington County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Erie that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of Erie.
- Missouri
- Camden County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Camden County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Erie.
- McDonald County
- This Erie is located in McDonald County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Erie that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonald County community of Erie.
- Nevada
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Kay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Erie [Kay County].
- Kingfisher County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Erie [Kingfisher County].
- Ontario
- This Erie lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Erie that is located in Boulder County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Erie ...
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.
- Dick
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Frederick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
- Frederick is located in Weld County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,515 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <5>
- Gunbarrel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Idaho Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Creek
- Idaho Creek is located in Weld County
- Jessum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Little Texas ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Texas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Louisville is located in Boulder County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,060 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <5>
- Maple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maple Grove is located in Boulder County
- Pleasant View Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Plumbs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Puritan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Quail Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill
- Quail Hill is located in Adams County
How Far From Erie 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 Erie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Erie and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Erie to Boulder, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,488 miles [2,394.7 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 85 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,857 miles [11,035.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,620 miles [12,263.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,552 miles [8,935.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Erie: www.ci.erie.co.us/
The official website for Boulder County: www.co.boulder.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Erie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Erie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Erie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0368, Longitude: -105.0422 In this case, the coordinates for Erie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Erie could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Erie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.597 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.152 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.967 degrees. |