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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 Two Buttes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Two Buttes 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 Two Buttes:
- 37.560766, -102.397022
- 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 Two Buttes
- 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 Baca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baca County
- Since Two Buttes is near Stanton County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stanton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Two Buttes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Two Buttes ...
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.
- Antelope Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Antelope Springs is located in Baca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Springs
- Boston ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Baca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Graft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Graft is located in Baca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graft
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Baca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lycan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lycan is located in Baca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycan
How Far From Two Buttes to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Two Buttes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Two Buttes and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Baca County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Two Buttes to Springfield, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 205 miles [329.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,374 miles [2,211.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,674 miles [12,350.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,582 miles [8,983.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Two Buttes) 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 Two Buttes 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 Two Buttes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5608, Longitude: -102.3970 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.406 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.309 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.836 degrees. |
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