Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Spook City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spook City and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Spook City

• 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 Spook City:
  • 38.230000, -106.197245
  • 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 Spook City

• 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 Saguache County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saguache County
  • Since Spook City is near Chaffee County and also Fremont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chaffee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont 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 Spook City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spook City ...

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.

• Bonanza
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bonanza is located in Saguache County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
• Bonita
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Bonita is located in Saguache County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
• Chester
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chester is located in Saguache County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
• Coaldale
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Coaldale is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coaldale <1>
• Howard
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Howard is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <1>
• Maysville ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Maysville is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
• Mineral Hot Springs
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Mineral Hot Springs is located in Saguache County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hot Springs
• Monarch
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Monarch is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monarch <1>
• Smeltertown
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Smeltertown is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeltertown
• Swissvale
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Swissvale is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spook City and extending to:

• Saguache, which is the Seat of Saguache County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Spook City to Saguache, 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,568 miles [2,523.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 89 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,995 miles [11,257.4 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 7,758 miles [12,485.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,686 miles [9,150.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'