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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 Ute, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ute 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 Ute:
    • 38.255233, -108.271246
    • 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 Ute
  • 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 Montrose County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montrose County
    • Since Ute is near San Miguel County and also Ouray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ouray 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 Ute

Communities Also Named Ute ...

We found five communities that are also named Ute.

There is one other community in Colorado that is also named Ute.

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

  • Communities Located In Colorado ...
    • Huerfano County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Ute [Huerfano County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Monona County
      • This Ute is located in Monona County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ute that is located in Montrose County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monona County community of Ute.
    • Kansas
      • Sheridan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ute [Sheridan County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • This Ute is located in Clark County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ute that is located in Montrose County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Ute.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Ute is located in Salt Lake County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Ute that is located in Montrose County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Ute.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ute ...

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.

  • Basin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Basin is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
  • Beards Corner
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Beards Corner is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beards Corner
  • Brown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Brown is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Coventry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Coventry is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Leonard ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Leonard is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
  • Mountain View
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mountain View is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Oak Grove
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Sawpit
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sawpit is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
    • Sawpit has also been known as:
    • Saw Pit
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sawpit
    • From Ute to Sawpit

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

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

  • Montrose, which is the Seat of Montrose County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ute to Montrose, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 203 miles [326.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 1,678 miles [2,700.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,053 miles [11,350.7 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 7,818 miles [12,581.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ute 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.
<2>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- Ute) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Ute 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 Ute. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2552, Longitude: -108.2712    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.857 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.631 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.903 degrees.