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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 Red Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Mountain 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 Red Mountain:
    • 37.903267, -107.706252
    • 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 Red Mountain
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ouray County
    • Since Red Mountain is near San Juan County and also San Miguel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel 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 Red Mountain

Communities Also Named Red Mountain ...

We found four communities that are also named Red Mountain.

There is one other community in Colorado that is also named Red Mountain.

Beyond Colorado, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Colorado ...
    • Gunnison County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Gunnison County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gunnison County community of Red Mountain.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Red Mountain is located in San Bernardino County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Red Mountain that is located in Ouray County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Red Mountain.
    • Montana
      • Silver Bow County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Red Mountain [Silver Bow County].
    • North Carolina
      • Durham County
      • This Red Mountain is located in Durham County and lies 1,584 miles [2,549.2 km]<2> to the east of the Red Mountain that is located in Ouray County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Red Mountain.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Mountain ...

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 Red Mountain to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Red Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Red Mountain once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Red Mountain and extending to:

  • Ouray, which is the Seat of Ouray County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Red Mountain to Denver, with an average speed<4>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 1,653 miles [2,660.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 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 7,822 miles [12,588.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Red Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Red Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Red Mountain 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 Red Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9033, Longitude: -107.7063    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.387 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.04 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.621 degrees.