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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 The Pond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Pond and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 The Pond:
    • 39.854167, -105.105556
    • 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 The Pond
  • 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 The Pond is near Adams County and also Broomfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Broomfield 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 The Pond

Communities Also Named The Pond ...

We found eight communities that are also named The Pond.

Within Colorado, the name The Pond is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of The Pond [Benton County].
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This The Pond is located in Kern County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the The Pond that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of The Pond.
    • Illinois
      • Johnson County
      • This The Pond is located in Johnson County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<2> to the east of the The Pond that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of The Pond.
    • Maine
      • Waldo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of The Pond [Waldo County].
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This The Pond is located in Harford County and lies 1,519 miles [2,444.6 km]<2> to the east of the The Pond that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of The Pond.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • This The Pond is located in Saint Louis County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<2> to the east of the The Pond that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of The Pond.
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of The Pond [Guilford County].
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson County
      • This The Pond is located in Dickson County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<2> to the east of the The Pond that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of The Pond.

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Pond ...

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.

  • Countryside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Countryside is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
  • Far Horizon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Far Horizon is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Far Horizon
  • Hackberry Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hackberry Hills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry Hills
  • Harris Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris Park is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Park
  • Hidden Creek Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hidden Creek Park is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Creek Park
  • Lake Arbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lake Arbor is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arbor
  • Lakecrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lakecrest is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecrest
  • Meadow Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadow Lake is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
  • Scenic Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Scenic Heights is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
  • Sunset Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sunset Ridge is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
  • Sunstream
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Sunstream is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunstream
  • Walnut Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
  • Wood Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Wood Run is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Run

How Far From The Pond to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as The Pond to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Pond and extending to:

  • Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from The Pond to Golden, with an average speed<4> 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,493 miles [2,402.8 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 85 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 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 7,632 miles [12,282.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,564 miles [8,954.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 The Pond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Pond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 The Pond 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.
<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 The Pond 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 The Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8542, Longitude: -105.1056       In this case, the coordinates for The Pond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.628 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.168 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.022 degrees.