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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 Bruno, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bruno 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 Bruno:
    • 41.282570, -96.960014
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bruno
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Bruno ...

We found ten communities that share the name Bruno.

Within Nebraska, the name Bruno is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Marion County
      • This Bruno is located in Marion County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bruno that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Bruno.
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery 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 Kansas community of Bruno [Montgomery County].
    • Minnesota
      • Pine County
      • This Bruno is located in Pine County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bruno that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pine County community of Bruno.
    • Montana
      • Meagher County
      • This Bruno is located in Meagher County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bruno that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meagher County community of Bruno.
    • Ohio
      • Perry County
      • This Bruno is located in Perry County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<1> to the east of the Bruno that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Bruno.
    • Oklahoma
      • Atoka County
      • This Bruno is located in Atoka County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the south of the Bruno that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atoka County community of Bruno.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Bruno lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bruno that is located in Butler County.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Bruno [Anderson County].
    • Virginia
      • Scott County
      • This Bruno is located in Scott County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bruno that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Bruno.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Bruno is located in Logan County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bruno that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Bruno.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bruno ...

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 Bruno 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 village such as Bruno to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • David City, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Bruno to Lincoln, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,195 miles [8,360.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bruno. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Butler County: www.co.butler.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/

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- Bruno) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bruno. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2826, Longitude: -96.9600    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bruno 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Bruno to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.809 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.564 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.455 degrees.




 

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