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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 Happy Canyon Ranches, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Happy Canyon Ranches 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 Happy Canyon Ranches:
- 39.441600, -104.863900
- 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 Happy Canyon Ranches
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Happy Canyon Ranches is near Arapahoe County and also Elbert 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 Elbert 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 Happy Canyon Ranches
Curious and Interesting Names Near Happy Canyon Ranches ...
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.
- Burning Tree Ranch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burning Tree Ranch is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Tree Ranch
- Carriage Club
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Castle Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Founders Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Founders Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Founders Village
- Franktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Canyon
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Happy Canyon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Canyon
- Heritage Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Kellytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kellytown is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
- Lone Tree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Meridian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Richlawn Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Richlawn Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlawn Hills
- Silver Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Silver Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Heights
- Stonegate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
How Far From Happy Canyon Ranches 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 Happy Canyon Ranches to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Happy Canyon Ranches and extending to:
- Castle Rock, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the South.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Happy Canyon Ranches to Denver, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,484 miles [2,388.3 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 6,886 miles [11,081.9 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 7,648 miles [12,308.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,576 miles [8,973.7 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Happy Canyon Ranches) 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 Happy Canyon Ranches 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 Happy Canyon Ranches. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4416, Longitude: -104.8639 In this case, the coordinates for Happy Canyon Ranches have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.409 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.868 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.935 degrees. |
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