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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 Stout, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stout 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 Stout:
    • 40.553983, -105.152907
    • 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 Stout
  • 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 Larimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer County
    • Since Stout is near Weld County and also Boulder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder 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 Stout

Communities Also Named Stout ...

We found eight communities that are also named Stout.

Within Colorado, the name Stout is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Stout lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stout that is located in Larimer County.
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Stout is located in Tulare County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stout that is located in Larimer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Stout.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Stout [Delaware County].
    • Iowa
      • Grundy County
      • This Stout is located in Grundy County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stout that is located in Larimer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Stout.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren County
      • This Stout is located in Warren County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stout that is located in Larimer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Stout.
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • This Stout is located in Adams County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<1> to the east of the Stout that is located in Larimer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Stout.
    • Tennessee
      • Wayne County
      • This Stout is located in Wayne County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stout that is located in Larimer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Stout.
    • Texas
      • Wood County
      • This Stout is located in Wood County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stout that is located in Larimer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Stout.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stout ...

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.

  • Arrowhead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Arrowhead is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
  • Black Hollow Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Cove is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
  • Harmony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Harmony is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Horsetooth Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Kings Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kings Corner is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
  • Little Dam
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Little Dam is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dam
  • Loveland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain View is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Stout once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Stout and extending to:

  • Fort Collins, which is the Seat of Larimer County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Stout to Denver, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,830 miles [10,991.8 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 7,594 miles [12,221.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,529 miles [8,898.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Stout) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Stout 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Stout, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Stout 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 Stout. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5540, Longitude: -105.1529    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.725 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.357 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.968 degrees.