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 Boulder City:
36.793958, -94.249381
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 Boulder City
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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Boulder City.
Within Missouri, the name Boulder City is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Boulder City lies 2,157 miles [3,471.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Boulder City that is located in Newton County.
Idaho
Boundary County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Boulder City [Boundary County].
Nevada
Clark County
This Boulder City is located in Clark County and lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<1> to the west of the Boulder City that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Boulder City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boulder City ...
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.
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 Boulder City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boulder City and extending to:
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Boulder City to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 948 miles [1,525.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,419 miles [11,939.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Boulder City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Boulder City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Boulder City 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 Boulder City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7940, Longitude: -94.2494 In this case, the coordinates for Boulder City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.649 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.49 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.921 degrees.