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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 Abdal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Abdal 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 Abdal:
- 40.122234, -98.123378
- 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 Abdal
- 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 Nuckolls County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nuckolls County
- Since Abdal is near Webster County and also Jewell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jewell 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 Abdal
Curious and Interesting Names Near Abdal ...
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.
- Amboy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Amboy is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Edgar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Guide Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hardy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lester Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lester Junction is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Junction
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Cloud
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Republic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Republic is located in Republic County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Abdal 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 Abdal 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<2> community of Abdal once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Abdal and extending to:
- Nelson, which is the Seat of Nuckolls County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Abdal to Lincoln, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,391 miles [11,894.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,294 miles [8,519.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Abdal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Abdal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Abdal 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 Abdal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1222, Longitude: -98.1234 In this case, the coordinates for Abdal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.564 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.294 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.27 degrees. |
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