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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 Fontanelle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fontanelle 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 Fontanelle:
    • 41.537928, -96.42798
    • 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 Fontanelle
  • 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 Fontanelle ...

We found two communities that share the name Fontanelle.

Within Nebraska, the name Fontanelle is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Adair County
      • This Fontanelle is located in Adair County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the east of the Fontanelle that is located in Dodge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Fontanelle.
    • Kansas
      • Butler 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 Kansas community of Fontanelle [Butler County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fontanelle ...

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.

  • Blair
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Blair is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,948 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <3>
  • Cedar Bluffs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Colon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Craig
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
    • Craig is located in Burt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craig <3>
  • Elk City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
    • Elk City is located in Douglas County
  • Herman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • King Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Lake
    • King Lake is located in Douglas County
  • Scribner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
    • Valley is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley <3>

How Far From Fontanelle 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 Fontanelle to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Fremont, which is the Seat of Dodge County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Fontanelle to Lincoln, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,163 miles [8,309 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fontanelle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Dodge County: www.dodgecounty.ne.gov/

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- Fontanelle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fontanelle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5379, Longitude: -96.4280    
<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 Fontanelle 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>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.
<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 Fontanelle 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 320.446 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.177 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.127 degrees.




 

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