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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 Dakota City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dakota City 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 Dakota City:
    • 42.415234, -96.418696
    • 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 Dakota City
  • 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 Dakota County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dakota County
    • Since Dakota City is near Woodbury County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Woodbury County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Dakota City

Communities Also Named Dakota City ...

We found one communities that are also named Dakota City.

Within Nebraska, the name Dakota City is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, there is another community also named Dakota City in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Humboldt County
      • This Dakota City is located in Humboldt County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the east of the Dakota City that is located in Dakota County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Dakota City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dakota City ...

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 Dakota City 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 Dakota City to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Dakota City to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,214 miles [11,609.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dakota City) 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 Dakota City 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 Dakota City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4152, Longitude: -96.4187    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.477 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.324 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.943 degrees.