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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 Pawnee Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pawnee Hills 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 Pawnee Hills:
- 39.393056, -104.638333
- 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 Pawnee Hills
- 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 Elbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert County
- Since Pawnee Hills is near Douglas County and also Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe 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 Pawnee Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pawnee Hills ...
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.
- Burning Tree Ranch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burning Tree Ranch is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Tree Ranch
- Elizabeth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Founders Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Founders Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Founders Village
- Franktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hidden Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Kiowa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Richlawn Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richlawn Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlawn Hills
- Saddlebrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saddlebrook is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrook
- Village Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Village Pines is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Pines
- Windy Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windy Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
How Far From Pawnee Hills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pawnee Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pawnee Hills and extending to:
- Kiowa, which is the Seat of Elbert County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pawnee Hills to Kiowa, 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.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,472 miles [2,369 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 84 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 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 7,644 miles [12,301.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,571 miles [8,965.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pawnee Hills) 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 Pawnee Hills 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 Pawnee Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3931, Longitude: -104.6383 In this case, the coordinates for Pawnee Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.236 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.66 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.819 degrees. |
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