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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 Olney Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olney Springs 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 Olney Springs:
- 38.166274, -103.944490
- 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 Olney Springs
- 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 Crowley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crowley County
- Since Olney Springs is near Otero County and also Pueblo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pueblo 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 Olney Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olney Springs ...
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.
- Elder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Elder is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Fowler
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamlet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hamlet is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Hays
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- King Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- Roberta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Rocky Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Olney Springs 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 Olney Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Olney Springs and extending to:
- Ordway, which is the Seat of Crowley County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Olney Springs to Ordway, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,449 miles [2,331.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 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 7,691 miles [12,377.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Olney Springs) 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 Olney Springs 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 Olney Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1663, Longitude: -103.9445 In this case, the coordinates for Olney Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.60 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.78 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.579 degrees. |
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