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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 Wheeler Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheeler Junction 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 Wheeler Junction:
- 39.506098, -106.142244
- 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 Wheeler Junction
- 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Since Wheeler Junction is near Lake County and also Eagle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eagle 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 Wheeler Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheeler Junction ...
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.
- Climax ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Climax is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Copper Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dyersville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dyersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyersville
- Gold Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Keystone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Masontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Masontown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masontown
- Peak Seven West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peak Seven West is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak Seven West
- Tiger ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tiger is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger
- Wild Irishman ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wild Irishman is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Irishman
- Wild Irishman has also been known as:
- Preston Mill
- Preston
How Far From Wheeler Junction 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 Wheeler Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wheeler Junction and extending to:
- Breckenridge, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Wheeler Junction to Denver, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. 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 1,551 miles [2,496.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 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 7,683 miles [12,364.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,618 miles [9,041.3 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- Wheeler Junction) 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 Wheeler Junction 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 Wheeler Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5061, Longitude: -106.1422 In this case, the coordinates for Wheeler Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.373 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.007 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.626 degrees. |
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