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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 Greeley Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greeley Center 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 Greeley Center:
- 41.548737, -98.530817
- 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 Greeley Center
- 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 Greeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greeley County
- Since Greeley Center is near Valley County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Greeley Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greeley Center ...
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 Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Elba
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Farwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Headquarters ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Headquarters is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
- Stokes Ranch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stokes Ranch is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Ranch
- Timber Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Timber Creek is located in Nance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
How Far From Greeley Center 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 Greeley Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Greeley Center and extending to:
- Greeley, which is the Seat of Greeley County, lies just to the South.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Greeley Center to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,330 miles [11,796.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,241 miles [8,434.6 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 '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- Greeley Center) 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 Greeley Center 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 Greeley Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5487, Longitude: -98.5308 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.942 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.906 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.235 degrees. |
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