Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hoovers Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hoovers Corner and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hoovers Corner

• 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 Hoovers Corner:
  • 38.606930, -108.058958
  • 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 Hoovers Corner

• 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 Montrose County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montrose County
  • Since Hoovers Corner is near Delta County and also Mesa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mesa 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 Hoovers Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoovers Corner ...

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.

• Delta
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Delta is located in Delta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,030 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
• Escalante
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Escalante is located in Delta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
• Frost
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Frost is located in Montrose County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
• Huff
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Huff is located in Delta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
• Keyhole
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Keyhole is located in Delta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyhole
• Oak Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove is located in Montrose County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Pea Green Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pea Green Corner is located in Montrose County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Green Corner
• Read
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Read is located in Delta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hoovers Corner and extending to:

• Montrose, which is the Seat of Montrose County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hoovers Corner to Montrose, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 181 miles [291.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,662 miles [2,674.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 95 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 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 7,791 miles [12,538.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'