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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 Kerns, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kerns 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 Kerns:
- 40.507482, -104.944419
- 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 Kerns
- 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 Larimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer County
- Since Kerns is near Weld County and also Boulder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder 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 Kerns
Communities Also Named Kerns ...
We found five communities that are also named Kerns.
Within Colorado, the name Kerns is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Nicollet County
- This Kerns is located in Nicollet County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kerns that is located in Larimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicollet County community of Kerns.
- Montana
- Gallatin County
- This Kerns is located in Gallatin County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Kerns that is located in Larimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Kerns.
- Ontario
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Virginia
- Scott County
- This Kerns is located in Scott County and lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km]<1> to the east of the Kerns that is located in Larimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Kerns.
- Washington
- Cowlitz 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 Washington community of Kerns [Cowlitz County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kerns ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Black Hollow Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bruce is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Farmers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Gates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gates is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Hardman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hardman is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Horsetooth Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
- Loveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Severance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tuber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tuber is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuber
How Far From Kerns 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 Kerns to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kerns and extending to:
- Fort Collins, which is the Seat of Larimer County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Kerns to Denver, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,480 miles [2,381.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,590 miles [12,214.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,525 miles [8,891.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kerns) 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 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 Kerns 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Kerns 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 Kerns. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5075, Longitude: -104.9444 In this case, the coordinates for Kerns have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.565 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.165 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.858 degrees. |
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