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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 Loghill Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loghill Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Loghill Village:
    • 38.195268, -107.779504
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Loghill Village
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loghill 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.

  • Brown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
    • Brown is located in San Miguel County
  • Camp Bird ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Bird have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bird
    • Camp Bird is located in Ouray County
  • Keystone ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Keystone is located in San Miguel County
  • Leonard ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
    • Leonard is located in San Miguel County
  • Liberty Bell ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Bell
    • Liberty Bell is located in San Miguel County
  • Lime
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
    • Lime is located in San Miguel County
  • Mountain Village
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Village
    • Mountain Village is located in San Miguel County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Village <2>
  • Sawpit
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit
    • Sawpit is located in San Miguel County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
    • Sawpit has also been known as:
    • Saw Pit
  • Telluride
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Thistledown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thistledown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistledown
    • Thistledown is located in Ouray County
  • Tomboy ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tomboy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomboy
    • Tomboy is located in San Miguel County
  • Vanadium ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
    • Vanadium is located in San Miguel County

How Far From Loghill Village 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 Loghill Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Loghill Village and extending to:

  • Ouray, which is the Seat of Ouray County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Loghill Village to Ouray, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,653 miles [2,660.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 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 7,807 miles [12,564.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Loghill Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ouray County: www.co.ouray.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Loghill Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Loghill Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1953, Longitude: -107.7795       In this case, the coordinates for Loghill Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Loghill Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.476 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.174 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.638 degrees.









 

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