Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Hygiene:
  • 40.188596, -105.180819
  • 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 Hygiene

• 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 Boulder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder County
  • Since Hygiene is near Weld County and also Larimer 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 Larimer 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 Hygiene

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hygiene ...

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.

• Berts Corner
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Berts Corner is located in Larimer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berts Corner
• Dominion
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dominion is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
• Gunbarrel
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
• Highland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Highland is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
• Idaho Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Idaho Creek is located in Weld County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Creek
• Jessum
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jessum is located in Weld County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessum
• Liberty
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Liberty is located in Weld County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Lyons
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lyons is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,058 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <1>
• Pleasant View Ridge
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
• Plumbs
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Plumbs is located in Weld County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs

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

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

• Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hygiene to Boulder, 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 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,494 miles [2,404.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,852 miles [11,027.2 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 7,616 miles [12,256.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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>'