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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 Highland Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland Gardens and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Highland Gardens:
    • 39.767500, -105.062778
    • 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 Highland Gardens
  • 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 Highland Gardens ...

We found four communities that share the name Highland Gardens.

Within Colorado, the name Highland Gardens is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Highland Gardens is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Highland Gardens that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Highland Gardens.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Highland Gardens is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Highland Gardens that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Highland Gardens.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Highland Gardens is located in Harris County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Highland Gardens that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Highland Gardens.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico 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 Virginia community of Highland Gardens [Henrico County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland Gardens ...

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.

  • Edgewater
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
    • Edgewater is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,393 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgewater <4>
  • Green Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
    • Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
  • Hidden Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
    • Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
  • Lakeview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Jefferson County
  • Mountain View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
  • Paramount Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paramount Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount Heights
    • Paramount Heights is located in Jefferson County
  • Park Slope
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Slope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
    • Park Slope is located in Jefferson County
  • Rolling Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
  • Scenic Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
    • Scenic Heights is located in Jefferson County
  • Wildwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wildwood is located in Jefferson County

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

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

  • Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Highland Gardens to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 85 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 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 7,636 miles [12,289 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.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 '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- Highland Gardens) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7675, Longitude: -105.0628       In this case, the coordinates for Highland Gardens 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 Highland Gardens 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 Highland Gardens 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 326.588 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.112 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.008 degrees.




 

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