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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 Florissant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Florissant 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 Florissant:
- 38.945825, -105.289436
- 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 Florissant
- 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 Teller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teller County
- Since Florissant is near Park County and also El Paso County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Paso 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 Florissant
Communities Also Named Florissant ...
We found one communities that are also named Florissant.
Within Colorado, the name Florissant is unique.
Beyond Colorado, there is another community also named Florissant in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Florissant is located in Saint Louis County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the east of the Florissant that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Florissant.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Florissant ...
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.
- Cascade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cripple Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Divide
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Cove is located in Teller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Goldfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Goldfield is located in Teller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
- Green Mountain Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Independence ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Teller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Lake George
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minnehaha
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Minnehaha is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
- Seven Lakes ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Lakes is located in Teller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- Woodland Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Florissant 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 Florissant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Florissant and extending to:
- Cripple Creek, which is the Seat of Teller County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Florissant to Cripple Creek, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,511 miles [2,431.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 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 7,689 miles [12,374.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,617 miles [9,039.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Florissant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Florissant 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 Florissant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9458, Longitude: -105.2894 In this case, the coordinates for Florissant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.678 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.131 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.218 degrees. |
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