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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 Cadams, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cadams 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 Cadams:
- 40.103901, -98.010042
- 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 Cadams
- 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 Nuckolls County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nuckolls County
- Since Cadams is near Republic County and also Jewell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Republic County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jewell 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 Cadams
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cadams ...
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.
- Amboy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amboy is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edgar
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Guide Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hardy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lester Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lester Junction is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Junction
- Nelson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Republic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Republic is located in Republic County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Superior
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Cadams 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 Cadams to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cadams and extending to:
- Nelson, which is the Seat of Nuckolls County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Cadams to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,388 miles [11,889.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,291 miles [8,515 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cadams) 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 Cadams 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 Cadams. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1039, Longitude: -98.0100 In this case, the coordinates for Cadams have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.482 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.197 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.214 degrees. |
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