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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 Iles Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Iles Grove 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 Iles Grove:
- 40.335251, -107.687290
- 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 Iles Grove
- 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 Moffat County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moffat County
- Since Iles Grove is near Rio Blanco County and also Routt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Blanco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Routt 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 Iles Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Iles Grove ...
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.
- Craig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Craig is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,953 people
- Former names for Craig:
- Rosedale
- Yampa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craig <1>
- Juniper Hot Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Juniper Hot Springs is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Hot Springs
- Lay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lay is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lay
- Maybell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meeker
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Price Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Price Creek is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Creek
- Sunbeam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunbeam is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
How Far From Iles Grove 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 Iles Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Iles Grove and extending to:
- Craig, which is the Seat of Moffat County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Iles Grove to Craig, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 148 miles [238.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,625 miles [2,615.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,914 miles [11,127 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 7,680 miles [12,359.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,629 miles [9,059 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Iles Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Iles Grove 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 Iles Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3353, Longitude: -107.6873 In this case, the coordinates for Iles Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.624 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.561 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.401 degrees. |
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