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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 Mount Massive Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Massive Lakes 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 Mount Massive Lakes:
- 39.152214, -106.300579
- 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 Mount Massive Lakes
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Mount Massive Lakes is near Chaffee County and also Park County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaffee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Park 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 Mount Massive Lakes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Massive Lakes ...
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.
- Balltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Granite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kobe
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kobe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
- Leadville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Low Pass ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Low Pass is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
- Malta ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Resurrection Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Resurrection Mill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Mill
- Stringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Twin Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Mount Massive Lakes 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 Mount Massive Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mount Massive Lakes and extending to:
- Leadville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the North.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Massive Lakes to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 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 7,708 miles [12,404.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,642 miles [9,079.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Massive Lakes) 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 Mount Massive Lakes 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 Mount Massive Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1522, Longitude: -106.3006 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Massive Lakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.457 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.069 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.747 degrees. |
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