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 Omaha:
37.275101, -82.841826
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.
We found ten communities that share the name Omaha.
Within Kentucky, the name Omaha is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Randolph County
This Omaha is located in Randolph County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Omaha that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Omaha.
Arkansas
Boone County
This Omaha is located in Boone County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the west of the Omaha that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Omaha.
Georgia
Stewart County
This Omaha is located in Stewart County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Omaha that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stewart County community of Omaha.
Illinois
Gallatin County
This Omaha is located in Gallatin County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the west of the Omaha that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Omaha.
Kansas
Kearny County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Omaha [Kearny County].
Morton 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 Kansas community of Omaha [Morton County].
Missouri
Putnam County
This Omaha is located in Putnam County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Omaha that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Omaha.
Nebraska
Douglas County
This Omaha is located in Douglas County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Omaha that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Omaha.
Texas
Morris County
This Omaha is located in Morris County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Omaha that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Omaha.
Virginia
Dickenson County
This Omaha is located in Dickenson County and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Omaha that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickenson County community of Omaha.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Omaha ...
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.
Bath (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Omaha to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Omaha and extending to:
Hindman, which is the Seat of Knott County, lies just to the West Northwest.
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Omaha to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 334 miles [537.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,800 miles [7,724.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Omaha) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Omaha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2751, Longitude: -82.8418 In this case, the coordinates for Omaha have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Omaha 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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Omaha to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.405 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.206 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.712 degrees.