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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 Hasty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hasty 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 Hasty:
    • 38.110384, -102.957222
    • 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 Hasty
  • 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 Hasty ...

We found seven communities that share the name Hasty.

Within Colorado, the name Hasty is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Newton County
      • This Hasty is located in Newton County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hasty that is located in Bent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Hasty.
    • Georgia
      • Ware County
      • This Hasty is located in Ware County and lies 1,246 miles [2,005.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hasty that is located in Bent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ware County community of Hasty.
    • Kansas
      • Woodson County
      • This Hasty is located in Woodson County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the east of the Hasty that is located in Bent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodson County community of Hasty.
    • Michigan
      • Gratiot County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hasty [Gratiot County].
    • Minnesota
      • Wright County
      • This Hasty is located in Wright County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hasty that is located in Bent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Hasty.
    • North Carolina
      • Richmond County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hasty [Richmond County].
      • Scotland County
      • This Hasty is located in Scotland County and lies 1,322 miles [2,127.6 km]<1> to the east of the Hasty that is located in Bent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Hasty.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hasty ...

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.

  • Boggsville ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boggsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
    • Boggsville is located in Bent County
  • May Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Valley
    • May Valley is located in Prowers County
  • Sugar
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
    • Sugar is located in Prowers County

How Far From Hasty 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 Hasty to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hasty and extending to:

  • Las Animas, which is the Seat of Bent County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hasty to Las Animas, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 157 miles [252.7 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,904 miles [11,110.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,662 miles [12,330.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,575 miles [8,972.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hasty. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Hasty) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hasty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1104, Longitude: -102.9572    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hasty 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 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.
<5>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 Hasty to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.87 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.916 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.066 degrees.









 

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