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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 McKenzie Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKenzie Junction 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 McKenzie Junction:
- 38.164169, -105.190827
- 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 McKenzie Junction
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since McKenzie Junction is near Fremont County and also Pueblo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont 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 McKenzie Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKenzie Junction ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Coal Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cold Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cold Spring is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Florence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Galena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Galena is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Goodpasture
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Goodpasture is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodpasture
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Rockvale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Cliff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
How Far From McKenzie Junction to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McKenzie Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McKenzie Junction and extending to:
- Westcliffe, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from McKenzie Junction to Westcliffe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,515 miles [2,438.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 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 7,730 miles [12,440.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,654 miles [9,099.2 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' (or 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- McKenzie Junction) 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 McKenzie Junction 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 McKenzie Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1642, Longitude: -105.1908 In this case, the coordinates for McKenzie Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.523 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.866 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.242 degrees. |
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