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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 Mindeman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mindeman 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 Mindeman:
- 37.706957, -103.916624
- 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 Mindeman
- 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 Otero County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero County
- Since Mindeman 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 Mindeman
Communities Also Named Mindeman ...
We found one communities that are also named Mindeman.
Within Colorado, the name Mindeman is unique.
Beyond Colorado, there is another community also named Mindeman in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Pawnee 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 Oklahoma community of Mindeman [Pawnee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mindeman ...
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.
- Bloom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bloom is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Cedar Crest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Crest is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Elder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elder is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Fowler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hays
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Model
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roberta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Rock Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rock Crossing is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
- Rocky Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Swink
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Mindeman 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 Mindeman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mindeman and extending to:
- La Junta, which is the Seat of Otero County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mindeman to La Junta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,453 miles [2,338.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,716 miles [12,417.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,631 miles [9,062.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mindeman 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mindeman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mindeman 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 Mindeman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7070, Longitude: -103.9166 In this case, the coordinates for Mindeman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.531 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.649 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.611 degrees. |
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