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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 Founders Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Founders Village 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 Founders Village:
- 39.375800, -104.808600
- 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 Founders Village
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Founders Village is near Elbert County and also Arapahoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe 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 Founders Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Founders Village ...
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.
- Burning Tree Ranch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burning Tree Ranch is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Tree Ranch
- Castle Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Franktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Happy Canyon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Canyon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Canyon
- Hidden Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hidden Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Hilltop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Richlawn Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Richlawn Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlawn Hills
- Silver Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Heights
- Village Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Village Pines is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Pines
How Far From Founders Village 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 Founders Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Founders Village and extending to:
- Castle Rock, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the West.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Founders Village to Denver, 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 just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,481 miles [2,383.4 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 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,888 miles [11,085.2 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 7,650 miles [12,311.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,578 miles [8,976.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Founders Village) 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 Founders Village 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 Founders Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3758, Longitude: -104.8086 In this case, the coordinates for Founders Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.361 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.805 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.913 degrees. |
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