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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 Gateway Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gateway Park 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 Gateway Park:
- 39.743611, -104.861111
- 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 Gateway Park
- 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Since Gateway Park is near Arapahoe County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denver 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 Gateway Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gateway Park ...
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.
- Aurora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Centrepoint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centrepoint is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centrepoint
- Cherry Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Friendly Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friendly Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
- Havana Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Heather Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heather Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Ridge
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hillside
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hillside is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Magee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Magee is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Sable
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sable is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable
- Sableridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Settlers Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Tollgate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tollgate is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
- Willow Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Park is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Park
How Far From Gateway Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gateway Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gateway Park and extending to:
- Brighton, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Gateway Park to Brighton, 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 five to six hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies just to the west (W).
- 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 6,869 miles [11,054.6 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 7,631 miles [12,280.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,561 miles [8,949.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gateway Park) 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 Gateway Park 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 Gateway Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7436, Longitude: -104.8611 In this case, the coordinates for Gateway Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.435 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.931 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.901 degrees. |
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