Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Uptop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Uptop and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Uptop
- 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 Uptop:
- 37.593198, -105.203418
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Uptop
- 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 Huerfano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Huerfano County
- Since Uptop is near Costilla County and also Pueblo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Costilla County
- eBird sighting report for Pueblo 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Uptop ...
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.
- Fir
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Gordon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Lester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Liberty ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty is located in Saguache County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Liberty
- From Uptop to Liberty
- Monument Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Park
- Monument Park is located in Las Animas County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Monument Park
- From Uptop to Monument Park
- Morning Glory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morning Glory have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
- Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
- Muleshoe
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Muleshoe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
- Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Muleshoe
- From Uptop to Muleshoe
- Pryor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Red Wing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing
- Red Wing is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Wing <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Red Wing
- From Uptop to Red Wing
- Strong
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Uptop to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Uptop 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 Uptop once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Uptop and extending to:
- Walsenburg, which is the Seat of Huerfano County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<5> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Uptop to Walsenburg, with an average speed<6> 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 most of a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,763 miles [12,493.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Uptop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Uptop) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Uptop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5932, Longitude: -105.2034 |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Uptop to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.471 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.743 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.301 degrees. |