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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 Waunita Hot Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waunita Hot Springs 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 Waunita Hot Springs:
- 38.514161, -106.508363
- 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 Waunita Hot Springs
- 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 Gunnison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gunnison County
- Since Waunita Hot Springs is near Saguache County and also Chaffee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saguache County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaffee 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 Waunita Hot Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Waunita Hot Springs ...
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.
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Chance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chance is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chester is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Iris
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Iris is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
- Iron City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Monarch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stonewall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Tincup
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tincup is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
How Far From Waunita Hot Springs 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 community such as Waunita Hot Springs 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<2> community of Waunita Hot Springs once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Waunita Hot Springs and extending to:
- Gunnison, which is the Seat of Gunnison County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Waunita Hot Springs to Gunnison, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 117 miles [188.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,581 miles [2,544.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,751 miles [12,474 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,683 miles [9,145.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Waunita Hot Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Waunita Hot Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Waunita Hot Springs 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 Waunita Hot Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5142, Longitude: -106.5084 In this case, the coordinates for Waunita Hot Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.548 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.11 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.919 degrees. |
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