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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 Pandora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pandora 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 Pandora:
- 37.934109, -107.789517
- 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 Pandora
- 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 San Miguel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel County
- Since Pandora is near Ouray County and also San Juan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ouray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan 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 Pandora
Communities Also Named Pandora ...
We found five communities that are also named Pandora.
Within Colorado, the name Pandora is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Putnam County
- This Pandora is located in Putnam County and lies 1,283 miles [2,064.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pandora that is located in San Miguel County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Pandora.
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This Pandora is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,525 miles [2,454.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pandora that is located in San Miguel County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Pandora.
- Tennessee
- Johnson County
- This Pandora is located in Johnson County and lies 1,421 miles [2,286.9 km]<1> to the east of the Pandora that is located in San Miguel County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Pandora.
- Texas
- Wilson County
- This Pandora is located in Wilson County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pandora that is located in San Miguel County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Pandora.
- Washington
- Whitman County
- This Pandora is located in Whitman County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pandora that is located in San Miguel County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Pandora.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pandora ...
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.
- Camp Bird ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Bird is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bird
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Liberty Bell ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lime
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lime is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Mountain Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Red Mountain ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Telluride
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Thistledown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thistledown is located in Ouray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistledown
- Tomboy ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Pandora 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 Pandora to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pandora and extending to:
- Telluride, which is the Seat of San Miguel County, lies just to the West.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Pandora 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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,657 miles [2,666.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 95 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,059 miles [11,360.4 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 7,823 miles [12,589.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Pandora) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pandora 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 Pandora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9341, Longitude: -107.7895 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.454 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.122 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.664 degrees. |
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