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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 Fort Lupton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Lupton 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 Fort Lupton:
- 40.083266, -104.812920
- 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 Fort Lupton
- 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 Weld County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Since Fort Lupton is near Adams County and also Boulder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder 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 Fort Lupton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Lupton ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Erie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Firestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frederick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Idaho Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Idaho Creek is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Creek
- Jessum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jessum is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessum
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plumbs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Plumbs is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs
- Puritan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Puritan is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Todd Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Todd Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
- Wildcat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wildcat is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Fort Lupton 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 city such as Fort Lupton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Lupton and extending to:
- Greeley, which is the Seat of Weld County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Lupton to Greeley, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 25 miles [40.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,476 miles [2,375.4 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 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 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 7,610 miles [12,247.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,542 miles [8,919 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Lupton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fort Lupton 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 Fort Lupton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0833, Longitude: -104.8129 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.43 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.961 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.836 degrees. |
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