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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 Niwot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Niwot 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 Niwot:
- 40.101628, -105.159461
- 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 Niwot
- 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 Niwot is near Weld County and also Broomfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broomfield 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 Niwot
Curious and Interesting Names Near Niwot ...
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.
- Boulder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Junction is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Dominion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dominion is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
- Erie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gunbarrel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Hygiene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Idaho Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Idaho Creek is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Creek
- Jessum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jessum is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessum
- Louisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Plumbs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Plumbs is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs
- Puritan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Puritan is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
How Far From Niwot 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 Niwot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Niwot and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Niwot to Denver, with an average speed<3> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,494 miles [2,404.4 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 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,857 miles [11,035.3 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 7,620 miles [12,263.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,553 miles [8,936.7 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 '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- Niwot) 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 Niwot 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 Niwot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1016, Longitude: -105.1595 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.69 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.268 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.023 degrees. |
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