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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 Las Animas Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Las Animas Junction 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 Las Animas Junction:
- 38.062507, -103.174096
- 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 Las Animas Junction
- 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 Las Animas Junction is near Otero County and also Kiowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero 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 Las Animas Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Las Animas Junction ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boggsville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Hasty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hays
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Randall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Roberta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Rocky Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sugar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar is located in Prowers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
- Sugar City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swink
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
How Far From Las Animas Junction 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 Las Animas Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Las Animas Junction and extending to:
- Las Animas, which is the Seat of Bent County, lies just to the West.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Las Animas Junction 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,409 miles [2,267.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,914 miles [11,127 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 7,672 miles [12,346.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,585 miles [8,988.2 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- Las Animas Junction) 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 Las Animas Junction 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 Las Animas Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0625, Longitude: -103.1741 In this case, the coordinates for Las Animas Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.024 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.091 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.185 degrees. |
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