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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 Stone City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone City 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 Stone City:
- 38.448611, -104.861091
- 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 Stone 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 Pueblo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pueblo County
- Since Stone City is near Fremont County and also El Paso County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Paso 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 Stone City
Communities Also Named Stone City ...
We found four communities that are also named Stone City.
Within Colorado, the name Stone City is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Jones County
- This Stone City is located in Jones County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stone City that is located in Pueblo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Stone City.
- Kansas
- Cherokee County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Stone City [Cherokee County].
- Kentucky
- Lewis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Stone City [Lewis County].
- Texas
- Brazos County
- This Stone City is located in Brazos County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stone City that is located in Pueblo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Stone City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone 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.
- Coal Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Concrete
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Concrete is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
- Eden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Florence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Goodnight
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Park Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Park Center is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Center
- Rock Creek Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek Park is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Park
- Rockvale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Swallows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Swallows is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
- Wild Horse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wild Horse is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Horse
How Far From Stone City 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 Stone City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stone City and extending to:
- Pueblo, which is the Seat of Pueblo County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stone City to Pueblo, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 89 miles [143.2 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,494 miles [2,404.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,704 miles [12,398.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,627 miles [9,055.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Stone City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stone City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Stone City could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Stone City 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 Stone City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4486, Longitude: -104.8611 In this case, the coordinates for Stone City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.308 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.643 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.038 degrees. |
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