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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 Altvan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Altvan 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 Altvan:
- 41.123037, -104.699966
- 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 Altvan
- 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 Laramie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laramie County
- Since Altvan is near Weld County and also Larimer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer 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 Altvan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Altvan ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Archer is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Burns
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carpenter
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cheyenne
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Weld County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Granite
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Granite is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Granite Canon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Granite Canon is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Canon
- Orchard Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Orchard Valley is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Valley
- Rockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rockport is located in Weld County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Silver Crown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Silver Crown is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Crown
How Far From Altvan to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Altvan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Altvan and extending to:
- Cheyenne, which is the Seat of Laramie County, lies just to the West.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies just to the west (W).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Altvan to White House, with an average speed<3>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 84 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,785 miles [10,919.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,548 miles [12,147.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,484 miles [8,825.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Altvan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Altvan 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 Altvan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1230, Longitude: -104.7000 In this case, the coordinates for Altvan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.433 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.076 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.648 degrees. |
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