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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 Palmer Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palmer Lake 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 Palmer Lake:
- 39.115699, -104.905350
- 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 Palmer Lake
- 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 El Paso County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Paso County
- Since Palmer Lake is near Douglas County and also Teller County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teller 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 Palmer Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palmer Lake ...
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.
- Black Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Glen Park is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
- Green Mountain Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Larkspur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monument
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pikeview is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeview
- Pine Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pine Crest is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Spruce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spruce is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Woodland Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Palmer Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Palmer Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Palmer Lake and extending to:
- Colorado Springs, which is the Seat of El Paso County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Palmer Lake to Colorado Springs, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,489 miles [2,396.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,906 miles [11,114.1 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 7,668 miles [12,340.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,594 miles [9,002.7 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 from Point A (ie- Palmer Lake) 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 Palmer Lake 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 Palmer Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1157, Longitude: -104.9053 In this case, the coordinates for Palmer Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.408 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.832 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.993 degrees. |
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