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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 Maitland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maitland 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 Maitland:
    • 37.656678, -104.833877
    • 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 Maitland
  • 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 Huerfano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Huerfano County
    • Since Maitland is near Las Animas County and also Pueblo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Las Animas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pueblo 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 Maitland

Communities Also Named Maitland ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Maitland.

Within Colorado, the name Maitland is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Maitland [Clay County].
    • Florida
      • Orange County
      • This Maitland is located in Orange County and lies 1,487 miles [2,393.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Maitland that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Maitland.
    • Louisiana
      • Catahoula Parish
      • This Maitland is located in Catahoula Parish and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Maitland that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catahoula Parish community of Maitland.
    • Missouri
      • Holt County
      • This Maitland is located in Holt County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Maitland that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Maitland.
    • North Carolina
      • Sampson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Maitland [Sampson County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Maitland lies 2,177 miles [3,503.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Maitland that is located in Huerfano County.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Maitland [Clark County].
      • Williams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Maitland [Williams County].
    • Ontario
      • This Maitland lies 1,581 miles [2,544.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Maitland that is located in Huerfano County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mifflin County
      • This Maitland is located in Mifflin County and lies 1,471 miles [2,367.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Maitland that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Maitland.
    • South Dakota
      • Fall River County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Maitland [Fall River County].
      • Lawrence County
      • This Maitland is located in Lawrence County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<2> to the north of the Maitland that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Maitland.
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell County
      • This Maitland is located in McDowell County and lies 1,271 miles [2,045.5 km]<2> to the east of the Maitland that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Maitland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maitland ...

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.

  • Gordon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gordon is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Greenhorn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
  • Lester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lester is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
  • Lynn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynn is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Morning Glory
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
  • Muleshoe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
  • Pryor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pryor is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
  • Rugby
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rugby is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
  • Strong
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Strong is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
  • Uptop ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Uptop is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptop

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

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

  • Walsenburg, which is the Seat of Huerfano County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Maitland to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,503 miles [2,418.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 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 7,748 miles [12,469.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,667 miles [9,120.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Maitland 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.
<2>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- Maitland) 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 Maitland 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 Maitland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6567, Longitude: -104.8339       In this case, the coordinates for Maitland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.203 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.435 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.10 degrees.