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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 Rouse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rouse 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 Rouse:
    • 37.490848, -104.711652
    • 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 Rouse
  • 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 Huerfano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Huerfano County
    • Since Rouse is near Las Animas County and also Costilla County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Las Animas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Costilla 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 Rouse

Communities Also Named Rouse ...

We found seven communities that are also named Rouse.

Within Colorado, the name Rouse is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Worth 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 Georgia community of Rouse [Worth County].
    • Idaho
      • Bingham County
      • This Rouse is located in Bingham County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Rouse that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bingham County community of Rouse.
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton 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 Kentucky community of Rouse [Kenton County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lamar County
      • This Rouse is located in Lamar County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Rouse that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Rouse.
    • South Carolina
      • Allendale County
      • This Rouse is located in Allendale County and lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km]<2> to the east of the Rouse that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allendale County community of Rouse.
    • Wisconsin
      • Ashland 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 Wisconsin community of Rouse [Ashland County].
      • Iron County
      • This Rouse is located in Iron County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Rouse that is located in Huerfano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Rouse.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rouse ...

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.

  • Cokedale
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Cokedale is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Fir
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Fir is located in Costilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
  • Gordon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gordon is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Lester
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lester is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
  • Lynn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynn is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Madrid ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Madrid is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
  • Morning Glory
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
  • Pryor
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pryor is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
  • Rugby
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rugby is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
  • Strong
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Strong is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong

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

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

  • Walsenburg, which is the Seat of Huerfano County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rouse to Walsenburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,994 miles [11,255.8 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 7,753 miles [12,477.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Rouse 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rouse) 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 Rouse 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 Rouse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4908, Longitude: -104.7117       In this case, the coordinates for Rouse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.094 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.288 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.05 degrees.