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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 West Vancorum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Vancorum 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 West Vancorum:
- 38.227768, -108.600649
- 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 West Vancorum
- 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 West Vancorum is near San Miguel County and also San Juan 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 San Juan 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 West Vancorum
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Vancorum ...
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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Basin is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
- Beards Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beards Corner is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beards Corner
- Bedrock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coventry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coventry is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Paradox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slick Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
How Far From West Vancorum 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 community such as West Vancorum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Vancorum and extending to:
- Montrose, which is the Seat of Montrose County, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Vancorum to Montrose, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 220 miles [354.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,696 miles [2,729.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 97 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 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 7,829 miles [12,599.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- West Vancorum) 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 West Vancorum 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 West Vancorum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2278, Longitude: -108.6006 In this case, the coordinates for West Vancorum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.106 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.923 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.087 degrees. |
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