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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 Sugarloaf, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugarloaf and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sugarloaf:
    • 40.016931, -105.407217
    • 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 Sugarloaf
  • 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 Boulder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder County
    • Since Sugarloaf is near Jefferson County and also Gilpin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gilpin 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 Sugarloaf

Communities Also Named Sugarloaf ...

We found six communities that are also named Sugarloaf.

Within Colorado, the name Sugarloaf is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Sugarloaf is located in San Bernardino County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sugarloaf that is located in Boulder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Sugarloaf.
      • Shasta County
      • This Sugarloaf is located in Shasta County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km] to the west of the Sugarloaf that is located in Boulder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Sugarloaf.
    • Kansas
      • Rooks County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Rooks County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rooks County community of Sugarloaf.
    • Maryland
      • Dorchester 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 Maryland community of Sugarloaf [Dorchester County].
    • Minnesota
      • Winona County
      • This Sugarloaf is located in Winona County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sugarloaf that is located in Boulder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winona County community of Sugarloaf.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Sugarloaf [Luzerne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugarloaf ...

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.

  • Gold Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
  • Gold Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Gold Run is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Run
  • Magnolia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Magnolia is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Mountain Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mountain Meadows is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
  • Silver Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Silver Springs is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
  • Silver Spruce
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Silver Spruce is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spruce
  • Summerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Summerville is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
  • Sunnyside
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Sunnyside is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Sunset ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sunset is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Sunshine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunshine is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Switzerland Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Switzerland Park is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland Park
  • Tall Timber
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Tall Timber is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timber

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sugarloaf and extending to:

  • Boulder, which is the Seat of Boulder County, lies just to the East.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Sugarloaf to Denver, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,508 miles [2,426.9 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 86 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,632 miles [12,282.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,566 miles [8,957.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Sugarloaf) 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 Sugarloaf, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Sugarloaf 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 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.
<5>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 Sugarloaf 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 Sugarloaf. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0169, Longitude: -105.4072       In this case, the coordinates for Sugarloaf have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.869 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.468 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.169 degrees.