West Burlington (Kit Carson County, CO)

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in West Burlington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Burlington and the surrounding area.

Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for West Burlington

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 West Burlington:
- 39.303330, -102.309636
- 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 West Burlington

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 Kit Carson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Kit Carson County
- Since West Burlington is near Sherman County and also Yuma County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sherman County
- eBird sighting report for Yuma 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 West Burlington ...

We found four communities that share the name West Burlington.

Within Colorado, the name West Burlington is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
  - Des Moines County
  - This West Burlington is located in Des Moines County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Burlington that is located in Kit Carson County.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Des Moines County community of West Burlington.
- New York
  - Otsego County
  - This West Burlington is located in Otsego County and lies 1,426 miles [2,294.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Burlington that is located in Kit Carson County.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of West Burlington.
- North Carolina
  - Alamance County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of West Burlington [Alamance County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Bradford County
  - This West Burlington is located in Bradford County and lies 1,350 miles [2,172.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Burlington that is located in Kit Carson County.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of West Burlington.

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

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

Burlington, which is the Seat of Kit Carson County, lies just to the East.
Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from West Burlington to Denver, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,350 miles [2,172.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,575 miles [12,190.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,491 miles [8,836.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Burlington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kit Carson County: www.kitcarsoncounty.org/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Burlington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Burlington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3033, Longitude: -102.3096 In this case, the coordinates for West Burlington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>	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 West Burlington 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.
<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 West Burlington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.511 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.63 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.583 degrees.