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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 Spivak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spivak 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 Spivak:
- 39.744709, -105.068039
- 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 Spivak
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Spivak is near Denver County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denver County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Spivak
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spivak ...
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.
- Daniels Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Daniels Garden is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Garden
- Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Green Gables
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Gables is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Gables
- Green Mountain Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Paramount Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Paramount Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount Heights
- Park Slope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Park Slope is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
- Rainbow Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rainbow Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Ridge
- Rolling Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Scenic Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scenic Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Spivak 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 Spivak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spivak and extending to:
- Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies just to the east (E).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,492 miles [2,401.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Spivak to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 85 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 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 7,637 miles [12,290.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,568 miles [8,960.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spivak) 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 Spivak 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 Spivak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7447, Longitude: -105.0680 In this case, the coordinates for Spivak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.589 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.112 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.013 degrees. |
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