Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gooding, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gooding and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gooding
- 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 Gooding:
- 40.073596, -105.083038
- 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 Gooding
- 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 Boulder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Since Gooding is near Weld County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Weld County
- eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Gooding ...
We found two communities that share the name Gooding.
Within Colorado, the name Gooding is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Michigan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gooding ...
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.
- Dominion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Erie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Erie is located in Boulder County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,318 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <4>
- Frederick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
- Frederick is located in Weld County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,515 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <4>
- Gunbarrel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Idaho Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Creek
- Idaho Creek is located in Weld County
- Jessum
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Pleasant View Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Plumbs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Puritan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Gooding 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 Gooding to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gooding and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gooding to Boulder, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,490 miles [2,397.9 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 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,619 miles [12,261.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,552 miles [8,935.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gooding. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Boulder County: www.co.boulder.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gooding) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gooding. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0736, Longitude: -105.0830 In this case, the coordinates for Gooding have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Gooding 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Gooding to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.631 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.195 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.985 degrees. |