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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 Prospect Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prospect Valley 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 Prospect Valley:
    • 40.073594, -104.414956
    • 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 Prospect Valley
  • 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 Prospect Valley ...

We found three communities that share the name Prospect Valley.

There is one other community in Colorado which is also named Prospect Valley.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Colorado ...
    • Jefferson 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 Colorado community of Prospect Valley [Jefferson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke City
      • This Prospect Valley is located in Roanoke City and lies 1,328 miles [2,137.2 km]<2> to the east of the Prospect Valley that is located in Weld County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Prospect Valley.
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • This Prospect Valley is located in Harrison County and lies 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km]<2> to the east of the Prospect Valley that is located in Weld County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Prospect Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prospect Valley ...

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.

  • Comanche ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Comanche. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
    • Comanche is located in Adams County
  • Commerce City
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Commerce City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce City
    • Commerce City is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,317 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Commerce City <5>
  • Dearfield ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearfield
    • Dearfield is located in Weld County
  • Leader
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leader have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
    • Leader is located in Adams County
  • Living Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Living Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Living Springs
    • Living Springs is located in Adams County
  • Manila
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manila have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
    • Manila is located in Adams County
  • Masters
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masters have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
    • Masters is located in Weld County
  • Orchard
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
    • Orchard is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orchard <5>
  • Spanish Village
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
    • Spanish Village is located in Weld County

How Far From Prospect Valley 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 Prospect Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greeley, which is the Seat of Weld County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prospect Valley to Greeley, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,455 miles [2,341.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,837 miles [11,003.1 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 7,599 miles [12,229.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,528 miles [8,896.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prospect Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Weld County: www.co.weld.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

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 Prospect Valley 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Prospect Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prospect Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0736, Longitude: -104.4150       In this case, the coordinates for Prospect Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Prospect Valley 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 326.132 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.611 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.62 degrees.




 

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