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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 Panorama Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Panorama Heights 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 Panorama Heights:
- 39.722222, -105.240278
- 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 Panorama Heights
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Panorama Heights is near Denver County and also Gilpin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denver County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilpin 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 Panorama Heights
Communities Also Named Panorama Heights ...
We found seven communities that are also named Panorama Heights.
Within Colorado, the name Panorama Heights is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Panorama Heights lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Panorama Heights that is located in Jefferson County.
- California
- Orange County
- This Panorama Heights is located in Orange County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Panorama Heights that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Panorama Heights.
- San Bernardino County
- This Panorama Heights is located in San Bernardino County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km] to the west southwest of the Panorama Heights that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Panorama Heights.
- Tulare County
- This Panorama Heights is located in Tulare County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the west southwest of the Panorama Heights that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Panorama Heights.
- New Mexico
- Sandoval County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Panorama Heights [Sandoval County].
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Panorama Heights is located in Weber County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Panorama Heights that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Panorama Heights.
- Virginia
- Roanoke City
- This Panorama Heights is located in Roanoke City and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the east of the Panorama Heights that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Panorama Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Panorama Heights ...
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.
- Apple Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Apple Meadows is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Meadows
- Cody Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cody Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody Park
- Daniels Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Daniels Garden is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Garden
- Golden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Golden Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Golden Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Heights
- Green Mountain Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Dells
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Heritage Dells is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Dells
- Idledale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Paradise Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Paradise Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Rainbow Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rainbow Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Hills
How Far From Panorama Heights 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 Panorama Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Panorama Heights and extending to:
- Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Panorama Heights to Denver, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,501 miles [2,415.6 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 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,644 miles [12,301.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,575 miles [8,972.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Panorama Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Panorama Heights could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Panorama Heights 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 Panorama Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7222, Longitude: -105.2403 In this case, the coordinates for Panorama Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.716 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.258 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.11 degrees. |
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