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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 Beaver City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaver City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Beaver City:
    • 40.139489, -99.828370
    • 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 Beaver City
  • 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 Furnas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Furnas County
    • Since Beaver City is near Harlan County and also Norton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harlan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Norton 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 Beaver City

Communities Also Named Beaver City ...

We found three communities that are also named Beaver City.

Within Nebraska, the name Beaver City is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Chaffee County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Beaver City.
    • Indiana
      • Newton County
      • This Beaver City is located in Newton County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<2> to the east of the Beaver City that is located in Furnas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Beaver City.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion County
      • This Beaver City is located in Clarion County and lies 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km]<2> to the east of the Beaver City that is located in Furnas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Beaver City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaver City ...

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.

How Far From Beaver City to ...

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 city such as Beaver City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beaver City and extending to:

  • Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Beaver City to Lincoln, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,213 miles [1,952.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,692 miles [10,769.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,448 miles [11,986.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,358 miles [8,622.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Beaver City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Beaver City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Beaver City 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 Beaver City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1395, Longitude: -99.8284    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.782 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.711 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.157 degrees.