Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Twin Spruce:
  • 39.887737, -105.359226
  • 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 Twin Spruce

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Spruce ...

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.

• Clay
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Clay is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
• Coal Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Coal Creek
  • From Twin Spruce to Coal Creek
• Copperdale
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Copperdale is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperdale
• Crescent
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Crescent is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
• Crescent Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
• Eldorado Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Eldorado Springs is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Springs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eldorado Springs <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Eldorado Springs
  • From Twin Spruce to Eldorado Springs
• Fire Clay
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fire Clay is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Clay
• Lincoln Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lincoln Hills is located in Gilpin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
• Plainview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Plainview is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
• Rocky
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Rocky is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky
• Wondervu
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wondervu is located in Boulder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu

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

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

• Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Twin Spruce to Golden, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,506 miles [2,423.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 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 7,638 miles [12,292.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,571 miles [8,965.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'