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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 Sheephorn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sheephorn 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 Sheephorn:
- 39.892208, -106.466977
- 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 Sheephorn
- 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 Eagle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eagle County
- Since Sheephorn is near Summit County and also Grand County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand 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 Sheephorn
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sheephorn ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bighorn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bighorn is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighorn
- Bond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Carterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carterville is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Copper Spur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Copper Spur is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Spur
- Dell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dell is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Eagles Nest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eagles Nest is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Edwards
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Radium
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Slate Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Creek
- Troublesome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Troublesome is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troublesome
- Vail
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
How Far From Sheephorn 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 Sheephorn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sheephorn and extending to:
- Eagle, which is the Seat of Eagle County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sheephorn to Eagle, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,564 miles [2,517 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 6,906 miles [11,114.1 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 7,671 miles [12,345.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,610 miles [9,028.4 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sheephorn) 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 Sheephorn 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 Sheephorn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8922, Longitude: -106.4670 In this case, the coordinates for Sheephorn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.655 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.378 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.765 degrees. |
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