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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 Lime, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lime 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 Lime:
- 37.954993, -107.930899
- 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 Lime
- 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 San Miguel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel County
- Since Lime is near Ouray County and also San Juan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ouray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan 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 Lime
Communities Also Named Lime ...
We found six communities that are also named Lime.
There is one other community in Colorado that is also named Lime.
Beyond Colorado, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Pueblo County
- This Lime is located in Pueblo County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the east of the Lime that is located in San Miguel County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pueblo County community of Lime.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Randolph County
- This Lime is located in Randolph County and lies 1,312 miles [2,111.5 km]<1> to the east of the Lime that is located in San Miguel County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Lime.
- British Columbia
- This Lime lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lime that is located in San Miguel County.
- Minnesota
- Blue Earth 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 Minnesota community of Lime [Blue Earth County].
- New York
- Genesee 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 New York community of Lime [Genesee County].
- Oregon
- Baker County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lime [Baker County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lime ...
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.
- Brown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brown is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Leonard ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leonard is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Liberty Bell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty Bell is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Bell
- Mountain Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sawpit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sawpit is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Sawpit has also been known as:
- Saw Pit
- Telluride
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tomboy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tomboy is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomboy
- Vanadium ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vanadium is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
How Far From Lime 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 Lime to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lime and extending to:
- Telluride, which is the Seat of San Miguel County, lies just to the East.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Lime to Denver, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,664 miles [2,677.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 95 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 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 7,826 miles [12,594.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lime) 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 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 Lime 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> | 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 Lime, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Lime 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 Lime. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9550, Longitude: -107.9309 In this case, the coordinates for Lime have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.564 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.254 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.739 degrees. |
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