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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 Dale Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dale Creek 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 Dale Creek:
- 41.083039, -105.391375
- 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 Dale Creek
- 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 Albany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Since Dale Creek is near Larimer County and also Laramie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laramie 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 Dale Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dale Creek ...
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.
- Buckeye
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Granite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Granite is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Granite Canon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Granite Canon is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Canon
- Livermore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Canyon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Canyon is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Canyon
- Red Buttes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Buttes is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Buttes
- Red Feather Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Crown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Silver Crown is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Crown
- Tie Siding
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Dale Creek 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 Dale Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dale Creek and extending to:
- Laramie, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dale Creek to Laramie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,500 miles [2,414 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 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 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 7,571 miles [12,184.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,511 miles [8,869.1 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 '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- Dale Creek) 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 Dale Creek 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 Dale Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0830, Longitude: -105.3914 In this case, the coordinates for Dale Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.949 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.675 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.037 degrees. |
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