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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 Louviers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Louviers 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 Louviers:
- 39.475912, -105.006670
- 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 Louviers
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Louviers is near Jefferson County and also Arapahoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe 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 Louviers
Curious and Interesting Names Near Louviers ...
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.
- Archer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Archer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Carriage Club
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Castle Pines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Knolls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coventry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coventry is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Happy Canyon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Happy Canyon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Canyon
- Heritage Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Kellytown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kellytown is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
- Littleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Meridian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Moonridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moonridge is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonridge
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Park Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Park Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadows
- Pine Nook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Nook is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Nook
- Silver Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Heights
- Southpark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Southpark is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southpark
- Willow Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Louviers 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 Louviers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Louviers and extending to:
- Castle Rock, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Louviers to Castle Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,491 miles [2,399.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,888 miles [11,085.2 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 7,651 miles [12,313.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,580 miles [8,980.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Louviers) 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 Louviers 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 Louviers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4759, Longitude: -105.0067 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.518 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.00 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.009 degrees. |
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