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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greeley 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:
    • 41.548705, -98.530823
    • 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
  • 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 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

Communities Also Named Greeley ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Greeley.

Within Nebraska, the name Greeley is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Greeley [Tuscaloosa County].
    • British Columbia
      • This Greeley lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Greeley that is located in Greeley County.
    • California
      • Kern County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Greeley [Kern County].
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Greeley is located in Weld County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<2> to the west of the Greeley that is located in Greeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Greeley.
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • This Greeley is located in Delaware County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greeley that is located in Greeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Greeley.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • This Greeley is located in Anderson County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Greeley that is located in Greeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Greeley.
      • Greeley County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Greeley [Greeley County].
      • Sedgwick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Greeley [Sedgwick County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lee County
      • This Greeley is located in Lee County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Greeley that is located in Greeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Greeley.
    • Michigan
      • Alpena County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Greeley [Alpena County].
    • Minnesota
      • Carlton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Greeley [Carlton County].
    • Missouri
      • Reynolds County
      • This Greeley is located in Reynolds County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Greeley that is located in Greeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reynolds County community of Greeley.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Pike County
      • This Greeley is located in Pike County and lies 1,213 miles [1,952.1 km]<2> to the east of the Greeley that is located in Greeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Greeley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greeley ...

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 Greeley to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Greeley to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • 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 to Lincoln, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,241 miles [8,434.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Greeley 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.
<2>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- Greeley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5487, Longitude: -98.5308    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.942 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.906 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.235 degrees.