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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 Cio, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cio 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 Cio:
- 40.595557, -96.024451
- 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 Cio
- 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 Otoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otoe County
- Since Cio is near Nemaha County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nemaha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Cio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cio ...
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.
- Burr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Helena ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Julian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Julian is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Minersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Minersville is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Nebraska City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paul is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
- Wyoming
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
How Far From Cio 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 community such as Cio to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Cio once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cio and extending to:
- Nebraska City, which is the Seat of Otoe County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cio to Nebraska City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,294 miles [11,738.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,192 miles [8,355.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Cio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Cio) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cio 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 Cio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5956, Longitude: -96.0245 In this case, the coordinates for Cio have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.115 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.676 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.102 degrees. |
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