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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Highland Gardens
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Highland Gardens is near Adams County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denver 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 Highland Gardens
Communities Also Named Highland Gardens ...
We found four communities that are also named Highland Gardens.
Within Colorado, the name Highland Gardens is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of four communities that are located 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)
- Green Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Hidden Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Lakeview
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mountain View
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Paramount Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Paramount Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount Heights
- Park Slope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Park Slope is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
- Rolling Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Scenic Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Scenic Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Highland Gardens 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 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<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Highland Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Highland Gardens 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.588 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.112 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.008 degrees. |
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