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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 Palos Verdes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palos Verdes 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 Palos Verdes:
- 39.605833, -104.918333
- 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 Palos Verdes
- 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 Arapahoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe County
- Since Palos Verdes is near Douglas County and also Denver 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 Denver 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 Palos Verdes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palos Verdes ...
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.
- Carriage Club
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Centennial
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cherry Knolls is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Knolls
- Cherry Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Greenwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harbor Pointe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Pointe is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Pointe
- Heritage Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Littleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lone Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Hills is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
- Meridian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Park Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadows
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pheasant Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pheasant Run is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
- Southpark
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Southpark is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southpark
- Sundown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sundown is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- University Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- University Hills is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills
- University Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- University Park is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Willow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Palos Verdes 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 community such as Palos Verdes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Palos Verdes and extending to:
- Littleton, which is the Seat of Arapahoe County, lies just to the West.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Palos Verdes to Denver, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,485 miles [2,389.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 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 7,641 miles [12,297 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,570 miles [8,964 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 '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- Palos Verdes) 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 Palos Verdes 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 Palos Verdes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6058, Longitude: -104.9183 In this case, the coordinates for Palos Verdes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.465 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.951 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.947 degrees. |
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