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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 Sikes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sikes 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 Sikes:
- 38.258336, -105.074711
- 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 Sikes
- 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 Fremont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- Since Sikes is near Custer County and also Pueblo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pueblo 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 Sikes
Communities Also Named Sikes ...
We found two communities that are also named Sikes.
Within Colorado, the name Sikes is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chambers County
- This Sikes is located in Chambers County and lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sikes that is located in Fremont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Sikes.
- Louisiana
- Winn Parish
- This Sikes is located in Winn Parish and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sikes that is located in Fremont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Sikes.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sikes ...
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.
- Coal Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cold Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Spring is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Concrete
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Concrete is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
- Florence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Galena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Galena is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Rockvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Swallows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Swallows is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
How Far From Sikes 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 Sikes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sikes and extending to:
- Canon City, which is the Seat of Fremont County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sikes to Canon City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,508 miles [2,426.9 km] to the east (E). 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 6,960 miles [11,201 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 7,722 miles [12,427.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,645 miles [9,084.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sikes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sikes 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 Sikes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2583, Longitude: -105.0747 In this case, the coordinates for Sikes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.447 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.786 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.171 degrees. |
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