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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 Wolhurst, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolhurst 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 Wolhurst:
- 39.570544, -105.033317
- 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 Wolhurst
- 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 Arapahoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe County
- Since Wolhurst is near Douglas County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Wolhurst
Communities Also Named Wolhurst ...
We found one communities that are also named Wolhurst.
There is one other community in Colorado that is also named Wolhurst.
Beyond Colorado.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Wolhurst [Douglas County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolhurst ...
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.
- Archer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Archer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Bear Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bear Valley is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Carriage Club
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Cherry Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cherry Knolls is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Knolls
- Cherry Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Coventry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coventry is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Greenwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kellytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kellytown is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
- Littleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Southpark
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Southpark is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southpark
- University Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- University Hills is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills
- Willow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Willowbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willowbrook is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
How Far From Wolhurst 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 Wolhurst to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wolhurst and extending to:
- Littleton, which is the Seat of Arapahoe County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Wolhurst to Denver, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,492 miles [2,401.1 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 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,884 miles [11,078.7 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 7,646 miles [12,305 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,576 miles [8,973.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wolhurst 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Wolhurst) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wolhurst 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 Wolhurst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5705, Longitude: -105.0333 In this case, the coordinates for Wolhurst have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.547 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.044 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.013 degrees. |
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