Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Johnsons Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnsons Corner and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Johnsons Corner
- 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 Johnsons Corner:
- 39.091926, -108.496758
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Johnsons Corner
- 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 Mesa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mesa County
- Since Johnsons Corner is near Delta County and also Garfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Delta County
- eBird sighting report for Garfield 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Johnsons Corner ...
We found nine communities that share the name Johnsons Corner.
Within Colorado, the name Johnsons Corner is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Fairfield County and lies 1,860 miles [2,993.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in Mesa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Florida
- Lake County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Lake County and lies 1,684 miles [2,710.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in Mesa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Nebraska
- Brown County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Brown County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in Mesa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Johnsons Corner.
- North Carolina
- Camden County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Camden County and lies 1,757 miles [2,827.6 km]<1> to the east of the Johnsons Corner that is located in Mesa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Johnsons Corner.
- North Dakota
- McKenzie County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in McKenzie County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in Mesa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKenzie County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Delaware County and lies 1,747 miles [2,811.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in Mesa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Johnsons Corner [Fairfax County].
- King George County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in King George County and lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<1> to the east of the Johnsons Corner that is located in Mesa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King George County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Washington
- Pierce County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Pierce County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Johnsons Corner that is located in Mesa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnsons Corner ...
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.
- Bridges Switch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridges Switch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Switch
- Bridges Switch is located in Mesa County
- Fruitvale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Fruitvale is located in Mesa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitvale <4>
- Grand Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Junction
- Grand Junction is located in Mesa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63,447 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Junction <4>
- John Held Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John Held Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Held Corner
- John Held Corner is located in Mesa County
- Mount Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lincoln
- Mount Lincoln is located in Mesa County
- Orchard Mesa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
- Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County
- Pear Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Peeples
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Rosevale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Johnsons Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Johnsons Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnsons Corner and extending to:
- Grand Junction, which is the Seat of Mesa County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Johnsons Corner 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 1,679 miles [2,702.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 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 7,776 miles [12,514.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,722 miles [9,208.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnsons Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mesa County: www.co.mesa.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Johnsons Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnsons Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0919, Longitude: -108.4968 In this case, the coordinates for Johnsons Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Johnsons Corner 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Johnsons Corner to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.12 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.023 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.963 degrees. |