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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 Poudre Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poudre Park 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 Poudre Park:
- 40.686093, -105.304708
- 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 Poudre Park
- 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 Larimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer County
- Since Poudre Park is near Weld County and also Laramie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laramie 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 Poudre Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Poudre Park ...
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.
- Box Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Box Prairie is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Prairie
- Eggers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eggers is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggers
- Indian Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Indian Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- Livermore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Owl Canyon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Owl Canyon is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Canyon
- Stout ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stout is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Stove Prairie Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Poudre Park 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 Poudre Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Poudre Park and extending to:
- Fort Collins, which is the Seat of Larimer County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Poudre Park to Fort Collins, with an average speed<3> 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,498 miles [2,410.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,827 miles [10,987 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 7,591 miles [12,216.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,528 miles [8,896.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poudre Park) 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 Poudre Park 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 Poudre Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6861, Longitude: -105.3047 In this case, the coordinates for Poudre Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.851 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.518 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.036 degrees. |
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