Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Garland City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garland City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Garland City
- 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 Garland City:
- 37.452509, -105.342231
- 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 Garland City
- 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 Costilla County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Costilla County
- Since Garland City is near Huerfano County and also Las Animas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Huerfano County
- eBird sighting report for Las Animas 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 Garland City ...
We found one communities that share the name Garland City.
Within Colorado, the name Garland City is unique.
Beyond Colorado, there is another community also named Garland City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Miller 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 Garland City [Miller County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garland City ...
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.
- Fir
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Monument Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Park
- Monument Park is located in Las Animas County
- Muleshoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Red Wing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing
- Red Wing is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Wing <4>
- Stonewall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Stonewall Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonewall Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Gap
- Stonewall Gap is located in Las Animas County
- Strong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast) - Uptop ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptop
- Uptop is located in Huerfano County
How Far From Garland City 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 Garland City 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 Garland City once stood, the straight-line distance<6> beginning in Garland City and extending to:
- San Luis, which is the Seat of Costilla County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<6> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Garland City to San Luis, with an average speed<7> 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 five to six hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,533 miles [2,467.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,015 miles [11,289.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,775 miles [12,512.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Garland City 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> | 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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Garland City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Garland City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garland City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4525, Longitude: -105.3422 In this case, the coordinates for Garland City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Garland City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.558 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.831 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.387 degrees. |