Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fort Logan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Logan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Logan
- 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 Fort Logan:
- 39.642892, -105.044437
- 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 Fort Logan
- 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 Arapahoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Arapahoe County
- Since Fort Logan is near Denver County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Denver County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Fort Logan ...
We found two communities that share the name Fort Logan.
Within Colorado, the name Fort Logan is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Howard County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Fort Logan [Howard County].
- Montana
- Meagher County
- This Fort Logan is located in Meagher County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Fort Logan that is located in Arapahoe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meagher County community of Fort Logan.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Logan ...
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.
- Bear Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Bear Valley is located in Denver County
- Cherry Knolls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Knolls
- Cherry Knolls is located in Arapahoe County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cherry Knolls
- From Fort Logan to Cherry Knolls
- Cherry Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Cherry Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Coventry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Green Gables
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Gables have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Gables
- Green Gables is located in Jefferson County
- Green Mountain Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain Village
- Green Mountain Village is located in Jefferson County
- Littleton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Littleton is located in Arapahoe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46,000 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Littleton <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Littleton
- From Fort Logan to Littleton
- Ruby Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Southpark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - University Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills
- University Hills is located in Denver County
- University Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- University Park is located in Denver County
How Far From Fort Logan 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 Fort Logan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Fort Logan once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Fort Logan and extending to:
- Littleton, which is the Seat of Arapahoe County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,492 miles [2,401.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Logan to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 85 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,642 miles [12,298.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,572 miles [8,967.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Arapahoe County: www.co.arapahoe.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Fort Logan 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. |
| <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- Fort Logan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Logan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6429, Longitude: -105.0444 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Fort Logan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Fort Logan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.562 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.069 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.012 degrees. |