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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 Rowena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rowena 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 Rowena:
- 40.077572, -105.387680
- 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 Rowena
- 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 Boulder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Since Rowena is near Jefferson County and also Gilpin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilpin 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 Rowena
Communities Also Named Rowena ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Rowena.
Within Colorado, the name Rowena is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Early County
- This Rowena is located in Early County and lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Rowena.
- Kansas
- Rowena #
- 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 Kansas community of Rowena.
- Kentucky
- Russell County
- This Rowena is located in Russell County and lies 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km]<1> to the east of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Rowena.
- Michigan
- Ogemaw 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 Michigan community of Rowena [Ogemaw County].
- Minnesota
- Redwood County
- This Rowena is located in Redwood County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Redwood County community of Rowena.
- Missouri
- Audrain County
- This Rowena is located in Audrain County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the east of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Audrain County community of Rowena.
- New Brunswick
- This Rowena lies 1,929 miles [3,104.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- Ontario
- This Rowena lies 1,559 miles [2,509 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- Oregon
- Wasco County
- This Rowena is located in Wasco County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wasco County community of Rowena.
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Rowena [Lancaster County].
- Somerset County
- This Rowena is located in Somerset County and lies 1,392 miles [2,240.2 km]<1> to the east of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Rowena.
- South Dakota
- Minnehaha County
- This Rowena is located in Minnehaha County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Minnehaha County community of Rowena.
- Texas
- Runnels County
- This Rowena is located in Runnels County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rowena that is located in Boulder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Runnels County community of Rowena.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rowena ...
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.
- Gold Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gold Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Run is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Run
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Meadows is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
- Seven Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Hills is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
- Silver Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Spruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Spruce is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spruce
- Sugarloaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Summerville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Summerville is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sunshine
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Switzerland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Switzerland Park is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland Park
- Tall Timber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tall Timber is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timber
How Far From Rowena 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 Rowena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rowena and extending to:
- Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Rowena to Denver, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,506 miles [2,423.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 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 7,628 miles [12,276.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rowena) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Rowena 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 Rowena 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 Rowena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0776, Longitude: -105.3877 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.859 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.464 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.151 degrees. |
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