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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 Pagosa Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pagosa 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 Pagosa Springs:
- 37.266363, -107.015825
- 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 Pagosa 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 Archuleta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archuleta County
- Since Pagosa Springs is near Conejos County and also Rio Arriba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conejos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Arriba 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 Pagosa Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pagosa 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.
- Chimney Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dulce
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edith
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Gato
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lonetree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lonetree is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
- Navajo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Three Forks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Three Forks is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Treasure
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Treasure is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure
How Far From Pagosa 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 Pagosa 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 Pagosa Springs and extending to:
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Pagosa Springs to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,625 miles [2,615.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,076 miles [11,387.7 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 7,838 miles [12,614 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pagosa 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 Pagosa 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 Pagosa Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2664, Longitude: -107.0158 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.79 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.269 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.295 degrees. |
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