Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Danbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Danbury and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Danbury
- 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 Danbury:
- 40.039300, -100.405529
- 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 Danbury
- 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 Red Willow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Red Willow County
- Since Danbury is near Decatur County and also Furnas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- eBird sighting report for Furnas 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
Communities Also Named Danbury ...
We found nine communities that share the name Danbury.
Within Nebraska, the name Danbury is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Iowa
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Saskatchewan
- This Danbury lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the north of the Danbury that is located in Red Willow County.
- Texas
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Danbury ...
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.
- Cedar Bluffs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluffs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Decatur County (KS)
- Dellvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
- Dellvale is located in Norton County (KS)
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Jennings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Jennings is located in Decatur County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Lyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - McCook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCook
- McCook is located in Red Willow County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,499 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCook <4>
- Red Willow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Willow
- Red Willow is located in Red Willow County
How Far From Danbury 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 village such as Danbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Danbury and extending to:
- McCook, which is the Seat of Red Willow County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Danbury to McCook, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,244 miles [2,002 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,473 miles [12,026.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,384 miles [8,664.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Danbury. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Red Willow County: www.co.red-willow.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Danbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Danbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0393, Longitude: -100.4055 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Danbury 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Danbury to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.19 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.174 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.476 degrees. |