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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 Aggies Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aggies Acres 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 Aggies Acres:
- 41.867227, -99.267605
- 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 Aggies Acres
- 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 Loup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loup County
- Since Aggies Acres is near Garfield County and also Custer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer 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 Aggies Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aggies Acres ...
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.
- Comstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gates is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Geranium ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Geranium is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium
- Kent ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kent is located in Loup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Mikes Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mikes Meadows is located in Loup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes Meadows
- Rose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Round Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Round Valley is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
- Swan Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Lake is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
How Far From Aggies Acres to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Aggies Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aggies Acres and extending to:
- Taylor, which is the Seat of Loup County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Aggies Acres to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,337 miles [11,807.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,253 miles [8,453.9 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 '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- Aggies Acres) 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 Aggies Acres 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 Aggies Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8672, Longitude: -99.2676 In this case, the coordinates for Aggies Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.49 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.579 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.572 degrees. |
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