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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 Clay Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clay Center and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Clay Center:
    • 40.522790, -98.054404
    • 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 Clay Center
  • 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Since Clay Center is near Adams County and also Nuckolls County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nuckolls 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 Clay Center

Communities Also Named Clay Center ...

We found three communities that are also named Clay Center.

Within Nebraska, the name Clay Center is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Butler County
      • This Clay Center is located in Butler County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Clay Center that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Clay Center.
      • Clay County
      • This Clay Center is located in Clay County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southeast of the Clay Center that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Clay Center.
    • Ohio
      • Ottawa County
      • This Clay Center is located in Ottawa County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the east of the Clay Center that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Clay Center.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clay Center ...

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 Clay Center 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 Clay Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Clay Center 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 1,119 miles [1,800.9 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 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,368 miles [11,857.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clay Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Clay Center 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 Clay Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5228, Longitude: -98.0544    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.541 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.317 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.165 degrees.