Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Los Cerritos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Los Cerritos and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Los Cerritos

• 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 Los Cerritos:
  • 37.148345, -105.910854
  • 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 Los Cerritos

• 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 Conejos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Conejos County
  • Since Los Cerritos is near Rio Arriba County and also Alamosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Alamosa 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 Los Cerritos

Communities Also Named Los Cerritos ...

We found two communities that are also named Los Cerritos.

Within Colorado, the name Los Cerritos is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Los Angeles County
    • This Los Cerritos is located in Los Angeles County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Los Cerritos that is located in Conejos County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Los Cerritos.
  • Texas
    • Hidalgo County
    • This Los Cerritos is located in Hidalgo County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Los Cerritos that is located in Conejos County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Los Cerritos.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Los Cerritos ...

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.

• Big Horn
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
• Bountiful
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bountiful is located in Conejos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
• Fox Creek
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Fox Creek is located in Conejos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
• Guadalupe
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Guadalupe is located in Conejos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
• Henry
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Henry is located in Alamosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
• Lava ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lava is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
• Romeo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Romeo is located in Conejos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romeo <2>
• Sublette
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette

How Far From Los Cerritos 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 Los Cerritos to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Los Cerritos and extending to:

• Conejos, which is the Seat of Conejos County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Los Cerritos to Denver, with an average speed<3>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,568 miles [2,523.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 89 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,050 miles [11,345.9 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 7,811 miles [12,570.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'