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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 Stem Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stem Beach 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 Stem Beach:
- 38.163893, -104.643588
- 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 Stem Beach
- 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 Pueblo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pueblo County
- Since Stem Beach is near Huerfano County and also Fremont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huerfano 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 Stem Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stem Beach ...
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.
- Burnt Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Mill is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
- Eden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fearnowville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fearnowville is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearnowville
- Goodnight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Lime
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lime is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Salt Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Vineland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vineland is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Wild Horse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wild Horse is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Horse
How Far From Stem Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stem Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Stem Beach and extending to:
- Pueblo, which is the Seat of Pueblo County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Stem Beach to Denver, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,486 miles [2,391.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,713 miles [12,412.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,634 miles [9,067 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Stem Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Stem Beach 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 Stem Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1639, Longitude: -104.6436 In this case, the coordinates for Stem Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.117 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.388 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.95 degrees. |
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