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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 Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Village 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 Mountain Village:
- 37.932986, -107.857970
- 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 Village
- 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 San Miguel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel County
- Since Mountain Village is near Ouray County and also San Juan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ouray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan 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 Village
Communities Also Named Mountain Village ...
We found two communities that are also named Mountain Village.
Within Colorado, the name Mountain Village is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Mountain Village lies 2,857 miles [4,597.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mountain Village that is located in San Miguel County.
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Mountain Village is located in Frederick County and lies 1,636 miles [2,632.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Village that is located in San Miguel County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Mountain Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Village ...
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.
- Camp Bird ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Camp Bird is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bird
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Keystone is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Liberty Bell ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Bell is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Bell
- Lime
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lime is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Red Mountain ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Red Mountain is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
- Sawpit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sawpit is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Sawpit has also been known as:
- Saw Pit
- Telluride
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thistledown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thistledown is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistledown
- Tomboy ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tomboy is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomboy
- Vanadium ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vanadium is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
How Far From Mountain Village 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 town such as Mountain Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Village and extending to:
- Telluride, which is the Seat of San Miguel County, lies just to the East.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Village to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,660 miles [2,671.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 95 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,061 miles [11,363.6 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 7,825 miles [12,593.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Village 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 Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9330, Longitude: -107.8580 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.506 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.183 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.701 degrees. |
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