Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Portland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Portland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Portland
- 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 Portland:
- 38.081381, -107.701449
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Portland
- 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 Ouray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ouray County
- Since Portland is near San Miguel County and also San Juan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for San Miguel County
- eBird sighting report for San Juan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Portland ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Portland.
There is one other community in Colorado which is also named Portland.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 30 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Franklin 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 Illinois community of Portland [Franklin County].
- Whiteside County
- This Portland is located in Whiteside County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Portland.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Adair County
- This Portland is located in Adair County and lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km]<1> to the east of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Portland.
- Jefferson County
- This Portland is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km] to the east of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Portland.
- Pendleton County
- This Portland is located in Pendleton County and lies 1,255 miles [2,019.7 km] to the east of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pendleton County community of Portland.
- Maine
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- This Portland is located in Chautauqua County and lies 1,510 miles [2,430.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Portland.
- Tompkins County
- This Portland is located in Tompkins County and lies 1,660 miles [2,671.5 km] to the east northeast of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tompkins County community of Portland.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Portland lies 2,742 miles [4,412.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Portland lies 1,683 miles [2,708.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh 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 Pennsylvania community of Portland [Lehigh County].
- Northampton County
- This Portland is located in Northampton County and lies 1,737 miles [2,795.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Portland.
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Jefferson County
- This Portland is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Portland.
- Monroe County
- This Portland is located in Monroe County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km] to the east northeast of the Portland that is located in Ouray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Portland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Portland ...
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.
- Camp Bird ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Capitol City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol City
- Capitol City is located in Hinsdale County
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone is located in San Miguel County
- Liberty Bell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Bell
- Liberty Bell is located in San Miguel County
- Loghill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loghill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loghill Village
- Loghill Village is located in Ouray County
- Mountain Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Village
- Mountain Village is located in San Miguel County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Village <5>
- Red Mountain ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
- Red Mountain is located in Ouray County
- Telluride
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
- Telluride is located in San Miguel County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,416 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Telluride <5>
- Thistledown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thistledown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistledown
- Thistledown is located in Ouray County
- Tomboy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
How Far From Portland 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 Portland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Portland and extending to:
- Ouray, which is the Seat of Ouray County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Portland to Denver, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,650 miles [2,655.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,048 miles [11,342.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,812 miles [12,572.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Portland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ouray County: www.co.ouray.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Portland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0814, Longitude: -107.7014 In this case, the coordinates for Portland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Portland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Portland 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Portland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.403 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.077 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.605 degrees. |