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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 Nunn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nunn 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 Nunn:
- 40.711998, -104.789870
- 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 Nunn
- 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 Weld County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Since Nunn is near Larimer County and also Laramie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laramie 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 Nunn
Communities Also Named Nunn ...
We found two communities that are also named Nunn.
Within Colorado, the name Nunn is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Crittenden County
- This Nunn is located in Crittenden County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the east of the Nunn that is located in Weld County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Nunn.
- Texas
- Wilbarger County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Nunn [Wilbarger County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nunn ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Black Hollow Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bruce is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Gates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gates is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Pierce
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rockport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rockport is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Severance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stage is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage
- Tuber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tuber is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuber
How Far From Nunn 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 town such as Nunn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Nunn and extending to:
- Greeley, which is the Seat of Weld County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Nunn to Greeley, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,471 miles [2,367.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,574 miles [12,189.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,509 miles [8,865.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Nunn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Nunn could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Nunn 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 Nunn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7120, Longitude: -104.7899 In this case, the coordinates for Nunn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.467 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.072 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.749 degrees. |
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