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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 McClave, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McClave 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 McClave:
- 38.137507, -102.850477
- 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 McClave
- 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 Bent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bent County
- Since McClave is near Prowers County and also Kiowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prowers County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kiowa 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 McClave
Communities Also Named McClave ...
We found one communities that are also named McClave.
Within Colorado, the name McClave is unique.
Beyond Colorado, there is another community also named McClave in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- Fergus County
- This McClave is located in Fergus County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the McClave that is located in Bent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of McClave.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McClave ...
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.
- Boggsville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boggsville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Granada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hasty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- May Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- May Valley is located in Prowers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Valley
- Sugar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sugar is located in Prowers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
How Far From McClave 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 McClave to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McClave and extending to:
- Las Animas, which is the Seat of Bent County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McClave to Las Animas, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,390 miles [2,237 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,899 miles [11,102.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,657 miles [12,322.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McClave) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 McClave 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 McClave. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1375, Longitude: -102.8505 In this case, the coordinates for McClave have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.795 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.831 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.007 degrees. |
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