Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wideawake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wideawake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wideawake
- 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 Wideawake:
- 39.849987, -105.521664
- 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 Wideawake
- 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 Gilpin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gilpin County
- Since Wideawake is near Clear Creek County and also Boulder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clear Creek County
- eBird sighting report for Boulder 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wideawake ...
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.
- Alice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- American City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for American City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Apex ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Black Hawk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Hawk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Black Hawk is located in Gilpin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Black Hawk <2>
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Downieville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downieville
- Downieville is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downieville <2>
- Idaho Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Springs
- Idaho Springs is located in Clear Creek County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,857 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idaho Springs <2>
- Lincoln Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Lincoln Hills is located in Gilpin County
- Nederland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
- Nederland is located in Boulder County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Former names for Nederland:
- Browns Crossing
- Dayton
- Middle Boulder
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <2>
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Nugget
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Yankee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Wideawake 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 Wideawake 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<3> community of Wideawake once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Wideawake and extending to:
- Central City, which is the Seat of Gilpin County, lies just to the South.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Wideawake to Denver, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,515 miles [2,438.2 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 60 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,645 miles [12,303.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,579 miles [8,978.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Gilpin County: www.co.gilpin.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Wideawake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wideawake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wideawake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8500, Longitude: -105.5217 In this case, the coordinates for Wideawake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Wideawake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.939 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.533 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.25 degrees. |