Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Arbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arbor and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Arbor
- 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 Arbor:
- 40.893310, -96.681310
- 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 Arbor
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Arbor is near Saunders County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saunders County
- eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Arbor ...
We found eight communities that share the name Arbor.
Within Nebraska, the name Arbor is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Houston County
- This Arbor is located in Houston County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the south of the Arbor that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Arbor.
- Panola County
- This Arbor is located in Panola County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km] to the south southeast of the Arbor that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Arbor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arbor ...
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.
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Davey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davey
- Davey is located in Lancaster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davey <5>
- Gaslight Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gaslight Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Gaslight Village is located in Lancaster County
- Havelock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Havelock is located in Lancaster County
- Huskerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huskerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huskerville
- Huskerville is located in Lancaster County
- Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Lincoln is located in Lancaster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290,505 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <5>
- Marian Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marian Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marian Center
- Marian Center is located in Lancaster County
- Raymond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Raymond is located in Lancaster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <5>
- University Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- University Place is located in Lancaster County
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Arbor to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Arbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arbor and extending to:
- Lincoln, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Arbor to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 60 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,203 miles [8,373.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arbor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lancaster County: www.lancaster.ne.gov/
The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.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- Arbor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8933, Longitude: -96.6813 In this case, the coordinates for Arbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Arbor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Arbor 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Arbor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.592 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.264 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.384 degrees. |