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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 Resurrection Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Resurrection Mill 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 Resurrection Mill:
- 39.235268, -106.276968
- 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 Resurrection Mill
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Resurrection Mill is near Park County and also Eagle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eagle 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 Resurrection Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Resurrection Mill ...
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.
- Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Birdseye
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Birdseye is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Climax ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Horseshoe ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Kobe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kobe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
- Leadville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Malta ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Mitchell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Park City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Park City is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Stringtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stringtown is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Resurrection Mill 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 Resurrection Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Resurrection Mill and extending to:
- Leadville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Resurrection Mill to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,560 miles [2,510.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 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 7,703 miles [12,396.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,637 miles [9,071.9 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- Resurrection Mill) 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 Resurrection Mill 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 Resurrection Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2353, Longitude: -106.2770 In this case, the coordinates for Resurrection Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.448 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.067 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.726 degrees. |
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