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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 Hadar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hadar 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 Hadar:
- 42.105358, -97.450027
- 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 Hadar
- 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Since Hadar is near Madison County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Hadar
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hadar ...
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.
- Enola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Enola is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Magnet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Meadow Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pierce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Spurville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spurville is located in Stanton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurville
- Wee Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wee Town is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wee Town
How Far From Hadar 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 village such as Hadar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hadar and extending to:
- Pierce, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Hadar 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,174 miles [8,326.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hadar) 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 Hadar 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 Hadar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1054, Longitude: -97.4500 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.198 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.115 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.555 degrees. |
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