Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Victor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Victor and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Victor
- 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 Victor:
- 38.709039, -105.141565
- 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 Victor
- 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 Teller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Teller County
- Since Victor is near Fremont County and also El Paso County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- eBird sighting report for El Paso 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
Communities Also Named Victor ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Victor.
Within Colorado, the name Victor is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 34 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Independence 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 Arkansas community of Victor [Independence County].
- Pope County
- This Victor is located in Pope County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Victor.
- California
- San Bernardino 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 California community of Victor [San Bernardino County].
- San Joaquin County
- This Victor is located in San Joaquin County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<2> to the west of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Victor.
- Shasta County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Victor.
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Mitchell County
- This Victor is located in Mitchell County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<2> to the east of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Victor.
- Osborne County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Osborne County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osborne County community of Victor.
- Manitoba
- This Victor lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<2> to the north of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Davison 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 South Dakota community of Victor [Davison County].
- Roberts County
- This Victor is located in Roberts County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roberts County community of Victor.
- Texas
- Erath County
- This Victor is located in Erath County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erath County community of Victor.
- Harris County
- This Victor is located in Harris County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the southeast of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Victor.
- Utah
- Washington
- Mason County
- This Victor is located in Mason County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km]<2> to the northwest of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Victor.
- Whatcom County
- This Victor is located in Whatcom County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km] to the northwest of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Victor.
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Victor is located in Fayette County and lies 1,298 miles [2,088.9 km]<2> to the east of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Victor.
- Kanawha County
- This Victor is located in Kanawha County and lies 1,276 miles [2,053.5 km] to the east of the Victor that is located in Teller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Victor.
- Wood 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 West Virginia community of Victor [Wood County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Victor ...
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.
- Cripple Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripple Creek
- Cripple Creek is located in Teller County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,266 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cripple Creek <4>
- Glen Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Goldfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
- Goldfield is located in Teller County
- Green Settlement
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Settlement
- Green Settlement is located in El Paso County
- Independence ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Teller County
- Marigold
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Minnehaha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Seven Lakes ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- Seven Lakes is located in Teller County
How Far From Victor 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 city such as Victor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Victor and extending to:
- Cripple Creek, which is the Seat of Teller County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Victor to Denver, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,506 miles [2,423.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,937 miles [11,164 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 7,698 miles [12,388.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,624 miles [9,051 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Victor: www.victorcolorado.com/
The official website for Teller County: www.co.teller.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
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 Victor 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Victor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Victor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7090, Longitude: -105.1416 |
| <3> | 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 Victor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Victor 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 326.544 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.948 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.162 degrees. |