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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 Ramah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramah 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 Ramah:
    • 39.122331, -104.165688
    • 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 Ramah
  • 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 El Paso County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for El Paso County
    • Since Ramah is near Elbert County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Ramah

Communities Also Named Ramah ...

We found seven communities that are also named Ramah.

Within Colorado, the name Ramah is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Conecuh County
      • This Ramah is located in Conecuh County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ramah that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conecuh County community of Ramah.
    • Louisiana
      • Iberville Parish
      • This Ramah is located in Iberville Parish and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Ramah that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Ramah.
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley County
      • This Ramah is located in McKinley County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ramah that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Ramah.
      • Valencia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Ramah [Valencia County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Ramah lies 2,245 miles [3,613 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ramah that is located in El Paso County.
    • Tennessee
      • Lawrence County
      • This Ramah is located in Lawrence County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ramah that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Ramah.
    • Texas
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ramah [Shelby County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramah ...

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.

How Far From Ramah 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 town such as Ramah to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Colorado Springs, which is the Seat of El Paso County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ramah to Colorado Springs, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,450 miles [2,333.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,884 miles [11,078.7 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 7,645 miles [12,303.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Ramah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Ramah 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Ramah 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 Ramah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1223, Longitude: -104.1657    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.859 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.189 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.594 degrees.