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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 Willey Lumber Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willey Lumber Camp 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 Willey Lumber Camp:
- 40.502761, -105.899180
- 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 Willey Lumber Camp
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Willey Lumber Camp is near Grand County and also Larimer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer 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 Willey Lumber Camp
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willey Lumber Camp ...
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.
- Beaver Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Point is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Point
- Dutchtown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dutchtown is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Glen Echo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Echo is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Echo
- Grand Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- Lulu City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lulu City is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu City
- Old Homestead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Old Homestead is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Homestead
- Reds Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Reds Place is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reds Place
- Rustic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rustic is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic
- Teller City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teller City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teller City
How Far From Willey Lumber Camp 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 Willey Lumber Camp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Willey Lumber Camp and extending to:
- Walden, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Willey Lumber Camp to Walden, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,530 miles [2,462.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 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 7,619 miles [12,261.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,558 miles [8,944.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Willey Lumber Camp) 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 Willey Lumber Camp 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 Willey Lumber Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5028, Longitude: -105.8992 In this case, the coordinates for Willey Lumber Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.282 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.004 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.386 degrees. |
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