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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 Old Fort Vasquez, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Fort Vasquez 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 Old Fort Vasquez:
- 40.194427, -104.821083
- 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 Old Fort Vasquez
- 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 Old Fort Vasquez is near Boulder County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Old Fort Vasquez
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Fort Vasquez ...
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.
- Clark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clark is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Dent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dent is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
- Dick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Elm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elm is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Evans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Firestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frederick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hardman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardman is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
- Idaho Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Idaho Creek is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Creek
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Jessum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jessum is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessum
- Johnstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Puritan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Puritan is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Wildcat
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wildcat is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Old Fort Vasquez to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old Fort Vasquez to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Old Fort Vasquez once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Fort Vasquez and extending to:
- Greeley, which is the Seat of Weld County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Fort Vasquez to Greeley, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,476 miles [2,375.4 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 6,842 miles [11,011.1 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 7,604 miles [12,237.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Old Fort Vasquez, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Fort Vasquez) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Old Fort Vasquez 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 Old Fort Vasquez. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1944, Longitude: -104.8211 In this case, the coordinates for Old Fort Vasquez have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.446 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.992 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.827 degrees. |
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