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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 Borie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Borie 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 Borie:
- 41.090539, -104.995527
- 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 Borie
- 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 Borie 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 Borie
Communities Also Named Borie ...
We found two communities that are also named Borie.
Within Wyoming, the name Borie is unique.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Borie [Bucks County].
- Potter County
- This Borie is located in Potter County and lies 1,395 miles [2,245 km]<2> to the east of the Borie that is located in Laramie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Borie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Borie ...
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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Archer is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Buckeye
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Buckeye is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Cheyenne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Granite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granite is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Granite Canon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granite Canon is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Canon
- Orchard Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Orchard Valley is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Valley
- Rockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport is located in Weld County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Silver Crown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Crown is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Crown
How Far From Borie 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 Borie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Borie and extending to:
- Cheyenne, which is the Seat of Laramie County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Borie to Cheyenne, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,480 miles [2,381.8 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 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,795 miles [10,935.5 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 7,559 miles [12,165 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,496 miles [8,845 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 Borie 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> | 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- Borie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Borie 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 Borie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0905, Longitude: -104.9955 In this case, the coordinates for Borie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.652 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.329 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.816 degrees. |
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