Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Winfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winfield and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Winfield
- 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 Winfield:
- 38.985033, -106.441223
- 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 Winfield
- 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 Chaffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Chaffee County
- Since Winfield is near Lake County and also Gunnison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- eBird sighting report for Gunnison 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
Communities Also Named Winfield ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Winfield.
Within Colorado, the name Winfield is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 24 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- This Winfield lies 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Winfield that is located in Chaffee County.
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Winfield lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Winfield that is located in Chaffee County.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Winfield is located in Carroll County and lies 1,565 miles [2,518.6 km]<1> to the east of the Winfield that is located in Chaffee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Winfield.
- Howard 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 Maryland community of Winfield [Howard County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- Herkimer 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 New York community of Winfield [Herkimer County].
- Queens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Winfield [Queens County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Winfield lies 1,372 miles [2,208 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winfield that is located in Chaffee County.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- This Winfield is located in Marion County and lies 1,405 miles [2,261.1 km]<1> to the east of the Winfield that is located in Chaffee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Winfield.
- Putnam County
- This Winfield is located in Putnam County and lies 1,318 miles [2,121.1 km] to the east of the Winfield that is located in Chaffee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Winfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winfield ...
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.
- Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Champion Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Champion Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Mill
- Champion Mill is located in Lake County
- Everett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Granite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Granite is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite <5>
- Independence ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Pitkin County
- Independence has also been known as:
- Chipeta
- Farwell
- Hunter's Pass
- Mammoth City
- Mount Hope
- Sparkill
- Kobe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Low Pass ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Pine Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pine Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Rockdale
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Ruby ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Ruby is located in Pitkin County
- Twin Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Lakes <5>
How Far From Winfield 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 Winfield 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 community of Winfield once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Winfield and extending to:
- Salida, which is the Seat of Chaffee County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winfield to Salida, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 93 miles [149.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,572 miles [2,529.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,722 miles [12,427.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,656 miles [9,102.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chaffee County: www.chaffeecounty.org/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9850, Longitude: -106.4412 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Winfield 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> | 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 Winfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Winfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.546 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.157 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.84 degrees. |