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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 Liggett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liggett 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 Liggett:
- 40.044985, -105.133874
- 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 Liggett
- 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 Boulder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Since Liggett is near Weld County and also Broomfield 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 Broomfield 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 Liggett
Communities Also Named Liggett ...
We found four communities that are also named Liggett.
Within Colorado, the name Liggett is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Vigo County
- This Liggett is located in Vigo County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the east of the Liggett that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Liggett.
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- This Liggett is located in Harlan County and lies 1,197 miles [1,926.4 km]<1> to the east of the Liggett that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Liggett.
- Ohio
- Van Wert County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Van Wert County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Wert County community of Liggett.
- Texas
- Dallas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Liggett [Dallas County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Liggett ...
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.
- Boulder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boulder Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Junction is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Dominion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dominion is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
- Erie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gunbarrel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Louisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Pleasant View Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Plumbs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plumbs is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs
- Puritan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Puritan is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Rock Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Liggett 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 Liggett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Liggett and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Liggett to Denver, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,493 miles [2,402.8 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 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 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 7,622 miles [12,266.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,555 miles [8,939.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Liggett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Liggett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Liggett 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. |
| <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 Liggett 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 Liggett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0450, Longitude: -105.1339 In this case, the coordinates for Liggett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.666 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.234 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.016 degrees. |
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