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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 Burwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burwell 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 Burwell:
- 41.782069, -99.134566
- 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 Burwell
- 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 Garfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Since Burwell is near Loup County and also Valley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loup County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley 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 Burwell
Communities Also Named Burwell ...
We found five communities that are also named Burwell.
Within Nebraska, the name Burwell is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Burwell [Los Angeles County].
- Georgia
- Carroll County
- This Burwell is located in Carroll County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Burwell that is located in Garfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Burwell.
- Minnesota
- Polk County
- This Burwell is located in Polk County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Burwell that is located in Garfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Burwell.
- Oklahoma
- McCurtain County
- This Burwell is located in McCurtain County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Burwell that is located in Garfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCurtain County community of Burwell.
- Virginia
- Salem City
- This Burwell is located in Salem City and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<2> to the east of the Burwell that is located in Garfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Burwell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burwell ...
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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Gates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Geranium ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Geranium is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium
- Kent ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kent is located in Loup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Mikes Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mikes Meadows is located in Loup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes Meadows
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Burwell 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 city such as Burwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burwell and extending to:
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Burwell to Lincoln, with an average speed<4>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,176 miles [1,892.6 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 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,338 miles [11,809.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,252 miles [8,452.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Burwell 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. |
| <2> | 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- Burwell) 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 Burwell 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 Burwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7821, Longitude: -99.1346 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.389 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.452 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.516 degrees. |
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