Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lookout, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lookout and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lookout
- 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 Lookout:
- 41.666245, -105.803121
- 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 Lookout
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Since Lookout is near Carbon County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Lookout ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Lookout.
Within Wyoming, the name Lookout is unique.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Modoc County
- This Lookout is located in Modoc County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<2> to the west of the Lookout that is located in Albany County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Lookout.
- Shasta County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Lookout.
- Idaho
- Nez Perce 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 Idaho community of Lookout [Nez Perce County].
- Shoshone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Lookout [Shoshone County].
- Indiana
- Kansas
- McPherson 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 Kansas community of Lookout [McPherson County].
- Smith County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Smith County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Lookout.
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Saint Helena Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Lookout [Saint Helena Parish].
- Saint Tammany Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lookout [Saint Tammany Parish].
- Maine
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne 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 Lookout [Luzerne County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lookout [Wayne County].
- South Dakota
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lookout ...
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.
- Centennial
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Centennial is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centennial <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Centennial
- From Lookout to Centennial
- Harper
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Medicine Bow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Bow
- Medicine Bow is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Bow <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Medicine Bow
- From Lookout to Medicine Bow
- Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Albany County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rock Creek
- From Lookout to Rock Creek
- Rock River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
- Rock River is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock River <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rock River
- From Lookout to Rock River
- Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Station
- Wyoming Station is located in Albany County
- Wyoming Station has also been known as:
- Wyoming
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wyoming Station
- From Lookout to Wyoming Station
How Far From Lookout 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 Lookout to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Lookout once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lookout and extending to:
- Laramie, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lookout to Laramie, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,520 miles [2,446.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,784 miles [10,917.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,549 miles [12,148.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,495 miles [8,843.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Albany County: www.co.albany.wy.us/
The official website for State of Wyoming: https://www.wyo.gov/
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 Lookout 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lookout) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lookout. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6662, Longitude: -105.8031 In this case, the coordinates for Lookout have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lookout, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Lookout to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.307 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.153 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.197 degrees. |