Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hightower, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hightower and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hightower
- 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 Hightower:
- 42.048303, -105.039142
- 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 Hightower
- 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 Platte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Platte County
- Since Hightower is near Albany County and also Goshen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Albany County
- eBird sighting report for Goshen 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 Hightower ...
We found six communities that share the name Hightower.
Within Wyoming, the name Hightower is unique.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Oklahoma
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hightower ...
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.
- Bordeaux
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Chugcreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chugcreek
- Chugcreek is located in Platte County
- Chugwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chugwater
- Chugwater is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chugwater <4>
- Crane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Diamond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Guernsey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Guernsey is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guernsey <4>
- Hartville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartville
- Hartville is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartville <4>
- Rockeagle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Sunrise ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Sunrise is located in Platte County
- Wheatland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Wheatland is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheatland <4>
How Far From Hightower 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 Hightower to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hightower and extending to:
- Wheatland, which is the Seat of Platte County, lies just to the East.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Hightower to Cheyenne, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 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 7,506 miles [12,079.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hightower. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hightower) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hightower. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0483, Longitude: -105.0391 In this case, the coordinates for Hightower 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 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 Hightower 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 Hightower 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 326.759 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.555 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.719 degrees. |