Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hale
- 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 Hale:
- 39.630443, -102.143117
- 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 Hale
- 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 Yuma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Yuma County
- Since Hale is near Cheyenne County and also Kit Carson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cheyenne County
- eBird sighting report for Kit Carson 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 Hale ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Hale.
There is one other community in Colorado which is also named Hale.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 25 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Crawford 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 Hale [Crawford County].
- Jackson County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hale [Jackson County].
- British Columbia
- This Hale lies 1,957 miles [3,149.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Hale that is located in Yuma County.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- This Hale is located in Chautauqua County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Hale that is located in Yuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Hale.
- Geary 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 Kansas community of Hale [Geary County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- This Hale lies 1,792 miles [2,883.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Hale that is located in Yuma County.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Hale lies 1,113 miles [1,791.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Hale that is located in Yuma County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Hale is located in Cumberland County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<3> to the east of the Hale that is located in Yuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Hale.
- Washington County
- This Hale is located in Washington County and lies 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km] to the east of the Hale that is located in Yuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hale.
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hale ...
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.
- Goodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Goodland is located in Sherman County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,301 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodland <4>
- Joes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes
- Joes is located in Yuma County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joes <4>
How Far From Hale 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 Hale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hale and extending to:
- Wray, which is the Seat of Yuma County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hale to Wray, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 151 miles [243 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,338 miles [2,153.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,552 miles [12,153.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,468 miles [8,799.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 Hale 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> | 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 Hale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Hale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6304, Longitude: -102.1431 |
| <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 Hale 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 324.418 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.558 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.453 degrees. |