Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cummings Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cummings Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cummings Park
- 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 Cummings Park:
- 41.712227, -99.501500
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cummings Park
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since Cummings Park is near Loup County and also Garfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Loup County
- eBird sighting report for Garfield 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cummings Park ...
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.
- Broken Bow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
- Broken Bow is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,437 people
- Broken Bow has also been known as:
- Brokenbow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Bow <1>
- Comstock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Comstock is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <1>
- Dale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Elton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Gates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Gates is located in Custer County
- Geranium ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Kent ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Mikes Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mikes Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes Meadows
- Mikes Meadows is located in Loup County
- Round Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
- Round Valley is located in Custer County
- Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Willow Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Willow Springs is located in Garfield County
How Far From Cummings Park 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 Cummings Park 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<4> community of Cummings Park once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Cummings Park and extending to:
- Broken Bow, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<5> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cummings Park to Broken Bow, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 157 miles [252.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,195 miles [1,923.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,353 miles [11,833.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,269 miles [8,479.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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 Cummings Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cummings Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cummings Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7122, Longitude: -99.5015 In this case, the coordinates for Cummings Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Cummings Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.65 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.745 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.725 degrees. |