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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 Mountain Meadow Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Meadow Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mountain Meadow Heights
- 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 Mountain Meadow Heights:
- 39.660833, -105.309167
- 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 Mountain Meadow Heights
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Mountain Meadow Heights is near Clear Creek County and also Gilpin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clear Creek 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 Mountain Meadow Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Meadow Heights ...
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.
- Cody Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cody Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody Park
- Elephant Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elephant Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant Park
- Evergreen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Idledale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indians Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marshdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marshdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshdale
- Paradise Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Rainbow Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rainbow Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Hills
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Sprucedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sprucedale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucedale
- Stanley Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stanley Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Park
- Troutdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Troutdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutdale
How Far From Mountain Meadow Heights 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 Mountain Meadow Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mountain Meadow Heights and extending to:
- Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Meadow Heights to Denver, 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 five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,505 miles [2,422.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 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 7,649 miles [12,309.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,581 miles [8,981.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain Meadow Heights) 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 Mountain Meadow Heights 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 Mountain Meadow Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6608, Longitude: -105.3092 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Meadow Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.762 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.306 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.154 degrees. |
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