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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 La Junta Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Junta Village 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 La Junta Village:
- 38.037508, -103.531054
- 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 La Junta Village
- 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 Otero County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero County
- Since La Junta Village is near Bent County and also Crowley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crowley 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 La Junta Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near La Junta Village ...
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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Boggsville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Hays
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- King Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- Randall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Randall is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Roberta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Rocky Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sugar City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Swink
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From La Junta Village 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 La Junta Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in La Junta Village and extending to:
- La Junta, which is the Seat of Otero County, lies just to the South.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from La Junta Village to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,428 miles [2,298.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 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 7,685 miles [12,367.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,600 miles [9,012.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- La Junta Village) 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 La Junta Village 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 La Junta Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0375, Longitude: -103.5311 In this case, the coordinates for La Junta Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.283 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.393 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.375 degrees. |
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