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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 Ironton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ironton 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 Ironton:
- 37.932773, -107.680338
- 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 Ironton
- 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 Ouray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ouray County
- Since Ironton is near San Juan County and also San Miguel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel 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 Ironton
Communities Also Named Ironton ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Ironton.
Within Colorado, the name Ironton is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This Ironton is located in Pulaski County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the east of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Ironton.
- Indiana
- Martin County
- This Ironton is located in Martin County and lies 1,131 miles [1,820.2 km]<1> to the east of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Ironton.
- Kentucky
- Trigg 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 Kentucky community of Ironton [Trigg County].
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Ironton is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 1,163 miles [1,871.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Ironton.
- Michigan
- Charlevoix County
- This Ironton is located in Charlevoix County and lies 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlevoix County community of Ironton.
- Minnesota
- Crow Wing County
- This Ironton is located in Crow Wing County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crow Wing County community of Ironton.
- Missouri
- Iron County
- This Ironton is located in Iron County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the east of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Ironton.
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Ironton is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 1,761 miles [2,834.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Ironton.
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- This Ironton is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,352 miles [2,175.8 km]<1> to the east of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Ironton.
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh County
- This Ironton is located in Lehigh County and lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Ironton.
- Texas
- Cherokee County
- This Ironton is located in Cherokee County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Ironton.
- Utah
- Utah County
- This Ironton is located in Utah County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Ironton.
- Wisconsin
- Sauk County
- This Ironton is located in Sauk County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ironton that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sauk County community of Ironton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ironton ...
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.
- Camp Bird ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Bird is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bird
- Eureka ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Howardsville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Howardsville is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- Liberty Bell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty Bell is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Bell
- Mountain Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Red Mountain ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Mountain is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
- Telluride
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thistledown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thistledown is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistledown
- Tomboy ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tomboy is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomboy
How Far From Ironton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ironton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Ironton once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ironton and extending to:
- Ouray, which is the Seat of Ouray County, lies just to the North.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Ironton to Denver, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,651 miles [2,657 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,820 miles [12,585.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ironton) 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 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 Ironton 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ironton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ironton 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 Ironton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9328, Longitude: -107.6803 In this case, the coordinates for Ironton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.371 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.023 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.604 degrees. |
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