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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 Nolan Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nolan Grant 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 Nolan Grant:
- 38.254170, -104.633864
- 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 Nolan Grant
- 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 Pueblo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pueblo County
- Since Nolan Grant is near El Paso County and also Fremont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Paso County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont 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 Nolan Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nolan Grant ...
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.
- Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fearnowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fearnowville is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearnowville
- Goodnight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Lime
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lime is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Salt Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Stem Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stem Beach is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem Beach
- Vineland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vineland is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Wild Horse
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wild Horse is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Horse
How Far From Nolan Grant 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 Nolan Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Nolan Grant and extending to:
- Pueblo, which is the Seat of Pueblo County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Nolan Grant to Denver, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,484 miles [2,388.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,947 miles [11,180.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- 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 northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,629 miles [9,059 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Nolan Grant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Nolan Grant 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 Nolan Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2542, Longitude: -104.6339 In this case, the coordinates for Nolan Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.119 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.40 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.936 degrees. |
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