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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 Hartgraves Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hartgraves Place 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 Hartgraves Place:
- 42.319998, -100.268187
- 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 Hartgraves Place
- 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 Cherry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherry County
- Since Hartgraves Place is near Brown County and also Blaine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine 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 Hartgraves Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hartgraves Place ...
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.
- Arabia ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Arabia is located in Cherry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabia
- Cascade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade is located in Cherry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Falter Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Falter Place is located in Cherry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falter Place
- Johnstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Raven is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Sandridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sandridge is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
- Wood Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Hartgraves Place 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 Hartgraves Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hartgraves Place and extending to:
- Valentine, which is the Seat of Cherry County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hartgraves Place to Valentine, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 211 miles [339.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,267 miles [8,476.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hartgraves Place) 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 Hartgraves Place 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 Hartgraves Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3200, Longitude: -100.2682 In this case, the coordinates for Hartgraves Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.242 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.502 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.035 degrees. |
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