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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 Broganville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broganville 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 Broganville:
- 41.207214, -101.516559
- 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 Broganville
- 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 Keith County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Keith County
- Since Broganville is near Lincoln County and also Arthur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arthur 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 Broganville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broganville ...
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.
- Arthur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bucktail
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bucktail is located in Arthur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktail
- Coker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coker is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
- Elsie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Flats
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Flats is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- Grant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hershey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Keystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lyons Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lyons Place is located in Arthur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Place
- Madrid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Keith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Rounds Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rounds Place is located in Arthur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rounds Place
How Far From Broganville 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 Broganville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Broganville and extending to:
- Ogallala, which is the Seat of Keith County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Broganville to Ogallala, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,446 miles [11,983.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,367 miles [8,637.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Broganville) 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 Broganville 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 Broganville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2072, Longitude: -101.5166 In this case, the coordinates for Broganville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.083 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.348 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.894 degrees. |
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