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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 Hotchkiss, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hotchkiss 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 Hotchkiss:
- 38.800814, -107.719345
- 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 Hotchkiss
- 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 Delta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Since Hotchkiss is near Montrose County and also Gunnison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montrose County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gunnison 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 Hotchkiss
Communities Also Named Hotchkiss ...
We found five communities that are also named Hotchkiss.
There is one other community in Colorado that is also named Hotchkiss.
Beyond Colorado, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Weld County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Hotchkiss [Weld County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Hotchkiss lies 1,337 miles [2,151.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Hotchkiss that is located in Delta County.
- Montana
- Custer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Hotchkiss [Custer County].
- Virginia
- Bath County
- This Hotchkiss is located in Bath County and lies 1,517 miles [2,441.4 km]<2> to the east of the Hotchkiss that is located in Delta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Hotchkiss.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- This Hotchkiss is located in Raleigh County and lies 1,426 miles [2,294.9 km]<2> to the east of the Hotchkiss that is located in Delta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Hotchkiss.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hotchkiss ...
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.
- Bowie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brimstone Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brimstone Corner is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
- Cedar Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Creek is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Delta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Frost
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Frost is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Pea Green Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pea Green Corner is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Green Corner
- Read
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Read is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read
- Rogers Mesa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rogers Mesa is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mesa
How Far From Hotchkiss 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 town such as Hotchkiss to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hotchkiss and extending to:
- Delta, which is the Seat of Delta County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hotchkiss to Delta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 1,642 miles [2,642.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 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 7,770 miles [12,504.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hotchkiss 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hotchkiss) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hotchkiss 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 Hotchkiss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8008, Longitude: -107.7193 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.257 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.557 degrees. |
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