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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 Pony Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pony Estates 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 Pony Estates:
- 39.960833, -105.056944
- 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 Pony Estates
- 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 Boulder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Since Pony Estates is near Broomfield County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broomfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Pony Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pony Estates ...
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.
- Cotton Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Countryside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Cozy Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cozy Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
- Erie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Federal Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Louisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Quail Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quail Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Sunset Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
- Sunstream
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunstream is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunstream
- Superior
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Wandering View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wandering View is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wandering View
How Far From Pony Estates 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 Pony Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pony Estates and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pony Estates to Boulder, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,490 miles [2,397.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 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 7,625 miles [12,271.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,556 miles [8,941.5 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 '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- Pony Estates) 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 Pony Estates 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 Pony Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9608, Longitude: -105.0569 In this case, the coordinates for Pony Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.601 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.149 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.983 degrees. |
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