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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 Keesee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keesee 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 Keesee:
- 38.136397, -102.778808
- 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 Keesee
- 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 Bent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bent County
- Since Keesee is near Prowers County and also Kiowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prowers County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kiowa 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 Keesee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keesee ...
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.
- Boggsville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Boggsville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Granada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hartman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hasty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- May Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- May Valley is located in Prowers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Valley
- Sugar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar is located in Prowers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
- Water Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Water Valley is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
How Far From Keesee 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 Keesee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Keesee and extending to:
- Las Animas, which is the Seat of Bent County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Keesee to Las Animas, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,387 miles [2,232.2 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 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,655 miles [12,319.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Keesee) 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 Keesee 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 Keesee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1364, Longitude: -102.7788 In this case, the coordinates for Keesee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.743 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.769 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.97 degrees. |
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