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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 Garden Valley Courts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Valley Courts 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 Garden Valley Courts:
- 41.308331, -95.938347
- 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 Garden Valley Courts
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Garden Valley Courts is near Pottawattamie County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawattamie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Garden Valley Courts
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Valley Courts ...
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.
- Boys Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clara
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clara is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Council Bluffs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Crook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fort Crook is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Crook
- Green Meadows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Green Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Home Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Home Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
- Honey Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Lane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lane is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Portal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
How Far From Garden Valley Courts 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 community such as Garden Valley Courts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Garden Valley Courts and extending to:
- Omaha, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Garden Valley Courts to Lincoln, with an average speed<3> 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 1,009 miles [1,623.8 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 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,502 miles [10,464 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Garden Valley Courts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Garden Valley Courts 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 Garden Valley Courts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3083, Longitude: -95.9383 In this case, the coordinates for Garden Valley Courts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.09 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.738 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.917 degrees. |
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