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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 Anoka, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anoka 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 Anoka:
- 42.947745, -98.830926
- 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 Anoka
- 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 Boyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd County
- Since Anoka is near Gregory County and also Holt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gregory County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holt 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 Anoka
Communities Also Named Anoka ...
We found three communities that are also named Anoka.
Within Nebraska, the name Anoka is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Cass County
- This Anoka is located in Cass County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the east of the Anoka that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Anoka.
- Minnesota
- Anoka County
- This Anoka is located in Anoka County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Anoka that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anoka County community of Anoka.
- New York
- Broome 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 New York community of Anoka [Broome County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Anoka ...
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.
- Bonesteel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Andes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lynch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Meek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meek is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meek
- Paddock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Paddock is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Pickstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
How Far From Anoka 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 village such as Anoka to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Anoka and extending to:
- Butte, which is the Seat of Boyd County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Anoka to Lincoln, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,185 miles [8,344.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Anoka) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Anoka 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Anoka 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 Anoka. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9477, Longitude: -98.8309 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.229 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.408 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.137 degrees. |
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