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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 Colorado City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colorado City 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 Colorado City:
- 32.403874, -100.860569
- 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 Colorado 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 Mitchell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
- Since Colorado City is near Scurry County and also Nolan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scurry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nolan 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 Colorado City
Communities Also Named Colorado City ...
We found four communities that are also named Colorado City.
Within Texas, the name Colorado City is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Mohave County
- This Colorado City is located in Mohave County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Colorado City that is located in Mitchell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mohave County community of Colorado City.
- Colorado
- Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Colorado City [Arapahoe County].
- El Paso 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 Colorado community of Colorado City [El Paso County].
- Pueblo County
- This Colorado City is located in Pueblo County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Colorado City that is located in Mitchell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pueblo County community of Colorado City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colorado 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.
- Champion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Champion is located in Nolan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- China Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- China Grove is located in Scurry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
- Ira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp is located in Scurry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Pecan Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pecan Crossing is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Crossing
- Silver ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Scurry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Colorado City 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 city such as Colorado City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colorado City and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Colorado City to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,405 miles [2,261.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,896 miles [12,707.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,781 miles [9,303.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Colorado City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Colorado City 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> | 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 Colorado 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 Colorado City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4039, Longitude: -100.8606 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.665 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.655 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.558 degrees. |
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