Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wahoo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wahoo and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wahoo
- 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 Wahoo:
- 41.212837, -96.621886
- 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 Wahoo
- 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 Saunders County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saunders County
- Since Wahoo is near Douglas County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Wahoo ...
We found seven communities that share the name Wahoo.
Within Nebraska, the name Wahoo is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Utah
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wahoo ...
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.
- Cedar Bluffs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Saunders County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Bluffs <4>
- Colon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Colon is located in Saunders County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <4>
- Davey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- 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 <4>
- Ithaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Ithaca is located in Saunders County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <4>
- Mead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead
- Mead is located in Saunders County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mead <4>
- Rescue ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Swedeburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeburg
- Swedeburg is located in Saunders County
- Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Valley is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley <4>
How Far From Wahoo 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 city such as Wahoo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wahoo and extending to:
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Wahoo to Lincoln, with an average speed<6> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,283 miles [11,720.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,186 miles [8,346.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wahoo: www.wahoo.ne.us/
The official website for Saunders County: www.co.saunders.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wahoo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wahoo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wahoo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2128, Longitude: -96.6219 |
| <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 Wahoo 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> | 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> | 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 Wahoo 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 320.567 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.275 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.292 degrees. |