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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 Trelona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trelona 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 Trelona:
- 41.772750, -104.433016
- 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 Trelona
- 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 Goshen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goshen County
- Since Trelona is near Laramie County and also Platte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laramie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Platte 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 Trelona
Communities Also Named Trelona ...
We found one communities that are also named Trelona.
There is one other community in Wyoming that is also named Trelona.
Beyond Wyoming.
- Communities Located In Wyoming ...
- Laramie 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 Wyoming community of Trelona [Laramie County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trelona ...
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.
- Chugwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goodland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodland is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Hawk Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Holly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holly is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Rockeagle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockeagle is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockeagle
- Silver Tip
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Tip is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Tip
- Veteran
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wycross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wycross is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wycross
How Far From Trelona 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 Trelona 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<3> community of Trelona once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Trelona and extending to:
- Torrington, which is the Seat of Goshen County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<4> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Trelona to Torrington, with an average speed<5> 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 most of a day.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,449 miles [2,331.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,740 miles [10,847 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 7,503 miles [12,074.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,442 miles [8,758.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Trelona 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Trelona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Trelona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Trelona 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 Trelona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7728, Longitude: -104.4330 In this case, the coordinates for Trelona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.284 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.972 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.416 degrees. |
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