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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 Peeples, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peeples 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 Peeples:
- 38.821928, -108.341749
- 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 Peeples
- 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 Delta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Since Peeples is near Mesa County and also Montrose County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mesa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montrose 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 Peeples
Communities Also Named Peeples ...
We found two communities that are also named Peeples.
Within Colorado, the name Peeples is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Fayette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Peeples [Fayette County].
- South Carolina
- Hampton County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Peeples [Hampton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peeples ...
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.
- Bridges Switch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bridges Switch is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Switch
- Delta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Escalante
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Escalante is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
- Fruitvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Huff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Keyhole
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Keyhole is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyhole
- Mount Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Lincoln is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lincoln
- Orchard Mesa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
- Pea Green Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pea Green Corner is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Green Corner
- Pear Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pear Park is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Park
- Read
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Read is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read
- Rosevale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rosevale is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevale
How Far From Peeples 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 Peeples to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Peeples and extending to:
- Delta, which is the Seat of Delta County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Peeples to Delta, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,674 miles [2,694 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,022 miles [11,300.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,787 miles [12,532 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,731 miles [9,223.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Peeples 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. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Peeples, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Peeples) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Peeples 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 Peeples. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8219, Longitude: -108.3417 In this case, the coordinates for Peeples have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.973 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.823 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.899 degrees. |
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