Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Futurity, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Futurity and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Futurity

• 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 Futurity:
  • 38.736385, -105.953900
  • 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 Futurity

• 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 Chaffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chaffee County
  • Since Futurity is near Fremont County and also Park County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Park 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 Futurity

Curious and Interesting Names Near Futurity ...

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.

• Alpine ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Alpine is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
• Centerville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Centerville is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Howard
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Howard is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <1>
• Iron City ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Iron City is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
• Maysville ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Maysville is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
• Pine Creek
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
• Smeltertown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Smeltertown is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeltertown
• Swan ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Swan is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
• Swissvale
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Swissvale is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
• Turret ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Turret is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turret

How Far From Futurity 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 Futurity to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Futurity and extending to:

• Salida, which is the Seat of Chaffee County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Futurity to Salida, 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 86 miles [138.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,549 miles [2,492.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 88 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 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 7,722 miles [12,427.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,651 miles [9,094.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'