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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 Miramonte, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miramonte 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 Miramonte:
- 39.930542, -105.372771
- 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 Miramonte
- 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 Boulder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Since Miramonte is near Jefferson County and also Gilpin 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 Gilpin 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 Miramonte
Communities Also Named Miramonte ...
We found three communities that are also named Miramonte.
Within Colorado, the name Miramonte is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Fresno County
- This Miramonte is located in Fresno County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Miramonte that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Miramonte.
- Kern County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Miramonte [Kern County].
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Miramonte [Los Angeles County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miramonte ...
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.
- Coal Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Copperdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Copperdale is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperdale
- Crescent
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crescent is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Crescent Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Eldorado Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Plainview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Silver Spruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Silver Spruce is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spruce
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Switzerland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Switzerland Park is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland Park
- Tall Timber
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tall Timber is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timber
- Twin Spruce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Wondervu
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wondervu is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu
How Far From Miramonte 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 Miramonte to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Miramonte and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Miramonte to Denver, 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,506 miles [2,423.7 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 86 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 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 7,636 miles [12,289 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Miramonte) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Miramonte 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Miramonte 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 Miramonte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9305, Longitude: -105.3728 In this case, the coordinates for Miramonte have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.835 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.419 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.159 degrees. |
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