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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 Hi-Land Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hi-Land Acres 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 Hi-Land Acres:
- 39.988317, -104.877475
- 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 Hi-Land Acres
- 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 Hi-Land Acres is near Weld County and also Broomfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broomfield 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 Hi-Land Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hi-Land Acres ...
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.
- Commerce City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Cozy Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cozy Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
- Derby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Dick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Erie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Frederick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Irondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Irondale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Puritan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Puritan is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Quail Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Quail Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill
- Todd Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Todd Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
- Wandering View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wandering View is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wandering View
How Far From Hi-Land Acres 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 Hi-Land Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hi-Land Acres and extending to:
- Brighton, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies just to the East.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Hi-Land Acres to Denver, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,480 miles [2,381.8 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 84 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 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 7,618 miles [12,260 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,549 miles [8,930.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hi-Land Acres) 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 Hi-Land Acres 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 Hi-Land Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9883, Longitude: -104.8775 In this case, the coordinates for Hi-Land Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.469 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.997 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.882 degrees. |
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