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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 Westhaven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Westhaven and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Westhaven:
    • 39.767500, -105.105000
    • 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 Westhaven
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Westhaven is near Adams County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Denver 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 Westhaven

Communities Also Named Westhaven ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Westhaven.

Within Colorado, the name Westhaven is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • This Westhaven is located in Fresno County and lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Westhaven that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Westhaven.
      • Humboldt County
      • This Westhaven is located in Humboldt County and lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km] to the west northwest of the Westhaven that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Westhaven.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Westhaven [Cook County].
    • North Carolina
      • Harnett County
      • This Westhaven is located in Harnett County and lies 1,476 miles [2,375.4 km]<1> to the east of the Westhaven that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harnett County community of Westhaven.
      • Pitt County
      • This Westhaven is located in Pitt County and lies 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km] to the east of the Westhaven that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Westhaven.
    • Ohio
      • Lucas 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 Ohio community of Westhaven [Lucas County].
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Westhaven is located in Spartanburg County and lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<1> to the east of the Westhaven that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Westhaven.
      • Sumter County
      • This Westhaven is located in Sumter County and lies 1,419 miles [2,283.7 km] to the east of the Westhaven that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Westhaven.
    • Texas
      • Comal County
      • This Westhaven is located in Comal County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Westhaven that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comal County community of Westhaven.
    • Virginia
      • Portsmouth City
      • This Westhaven is located in Portsmouth City and lies 1,564 miles [2,517 km]<1> to the east of the Westhaven that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Westhaven.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Westhaven is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km]<1> to the northwest of the Westhaven that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Westhaven.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Westhaven ...

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.

  • Candlelight
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Candlelight is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
  • Daniels Garden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Daniels Garden is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Garden
  • Edgewater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Lakeview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lakeview is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Meadow Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Lake is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
  • Mountain View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
  • Paramount Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Paramount Heights is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount Heights
  • Park Slope
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Park Slope is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
  • Rainbow Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rainbow Ridge is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Ridge
  • Rolling Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Scenic Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Scenic Heights is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
  • Wildwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Wildwood is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

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

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

  • Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,494 miles [2,404.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Westhaven to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 85 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,874 miles [11,062.6 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 7,637 miles [12,290.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,568 miles [8,960.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Westhaven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Westhaven 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Westhaven 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 Westhaven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7675, Longitude: -105.1050       In this case, the coordinates for Westhaven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.619 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.149 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.031 degrees.