Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Colorado, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colorado and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Colorado
- 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:
- 40.779112, -111.924382
- 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 Colorado
- 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 Salt Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Since Colorado is near Davis County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Davis County
- eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Colorado ...
We found seven communities that share the name Colorado.
Within Utah, the name Colorado is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Colorado lies 2,164 miles [3,482.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Colorado that is located in Salt Lake County.
- California
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Bastrop County
- This Colorado is located in Bastrop County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Colorado that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Colorado.
- Mitchell 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 Texas community of Colorado [Mitchell County].
- Alaska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colorado ...
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.
- Blaine
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Bullock
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Capitol
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Catherine Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catherine Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Circle
- Catherine Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- City Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Edwards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Ensign Downs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ensign Downs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs
- Ensign Downs is located in Salt Lake County
- Ensign Downs Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ensign Downs Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs Place
- Ensign Downs Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Featherstone
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Featherstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherstone
- Featherstone is located in Salt Lake County
- Fountain Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
- Fountain Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Foxs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (22 more) ...
- Glenn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Golden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Golden Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Granite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Great Westside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Westside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
- Great Westside is located in Salt Lake County
- High Avenue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Avenue have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Avenue
- High Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
- Hot Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Hunters
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Jones
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Jordan Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Lake View
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Martins
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Mead Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mead Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
- Mead Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Panorama
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Poplar Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
- Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Rock Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Salt Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204,087 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salt Lake City <4>
- Silver Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
- Silver Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Snow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Superior
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Thorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - University
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University is located in Salt Lake County
- Willow Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place
- Willow Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Glenn
How Far From Colorado 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 Colorado to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colorado and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the southeast (SE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Colorado to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 105 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,998 miles [11,262.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,766 miles [12,498.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Colorado. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Colorado) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colorado. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7791, Longitude: -111.9244 In this case, the coordinates for Colorado have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.952 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.52 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.786 degrees. |