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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 College View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to College View 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 College View:
- 40.772897, -96.654073
- 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 College View
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since College View is near Cass County and also Otoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otoe 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 College View
Communities Also Named College View ...
We found seven communities that are also named College View.
Within Nebraska, the name College View is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Denver County
- This College View is located in Denver County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the west of the College View that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denver County community of College View.
- Illinois
- Will 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 Illinois community of College View [Will County].
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This College View is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the east of the College View that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of College View.
- Mississippi
- Oktibbeha County
- This College View is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the southeast of the College View that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of College View.
- North Carolina
- Pitt County
- This College View is located in Pitt County and lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the College View that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of College View.
- Wake 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 North Carolina community of College View [Wake County].
- Tennessee
- Greene County
- This College View is located in Greene County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the College View that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of College View.
Curious and Interesting Names Near College View ...
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.
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Emerald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gaslight Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gaslight Village is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Havelock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Huskerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huskerville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huskerville
- Lincoln
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marian Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marian Center is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marian Center
- Prairie Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- University Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- University Place is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Yankee Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yankee Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
How Far From College View 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 College View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in College View and extending to:
- Lincoln, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies just to the northwest (NW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from College View to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 60 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,554 miles [10,547.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,307 miles [11,759.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,208 miles [8,381.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- College View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 College View 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> | 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 College View 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 College View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7729, Longitude: -96.6541 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.566 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.219 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.393 degrees. |
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