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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 Jessica, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jessica 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 Jessica:
- 40.760543, -103.171870
- 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 Jessica
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Jessica is near Cheyenne County and also Weld County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheyenne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld 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 Jessica
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jessica ...
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.
- Balzac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Balzac is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balzac
- Crook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dailey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dailey is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Hayford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hayford is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford
- Leroy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leroy is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Red Lion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Red Lion is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Rockland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Twin Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Twin Mills is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mills
How Far From Jessica 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 Jessica to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jessica and extending to:
- Sterling, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Jessica to Sterling, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,761 miles [10,880.8 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 7,522 miles [12,105.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 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' (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- Jessica) 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 Jessica 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 Jessica. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7605, Longitude: -103.1719 In this case, the coordinates for Jessica have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.267 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.676 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.856 degrees. |
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