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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 Saint Bridget, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Bridget 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 Saint Bridget:
- 39.966111, -96.263900
- 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 Saint Bridget
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Saint Bridget is near Pawnee County and also Nemaha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pawnee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nemaha 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 Saint Bridget
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Bridget ...
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.
- Badger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Badger is located in Gage County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Elm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lone Elm is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Mayberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mayberry is located in Pawnee County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
- Mission ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mission is located in Pawnee County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Reedsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reedsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Reedsville has also been known as:
- Hazelville
- Table Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Pawnee County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Saint Bridget 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 Saint Bridget to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saint Bridget and extending to:
- Marysville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Bridget to Marysville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,334 miles [11,802.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,231 miles [8,418.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Bridget) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Saint Bridget 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 Saint Bridget. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9661, Longitude: -96.2639 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Bridget have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.246 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.343 degrees. |
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