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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 Hartington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hartington 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 Hartington:
- 42.620785, -97.266445
- 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 Hartington
- 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 Cedar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cedar County
- Since Hartington is near Dixon County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dixon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Hartington
Communities Also Named Hartington ...
We found one communities that are also named Hartington.
Within Nebraska, the name Hartington is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, there is another community also named Hartington in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- This Hartington lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hartington that is located in Cedar County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hartington ...
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.
- Bow Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bow Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Valley
- Constance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Constance is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
- Gayville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lime Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lime Grove is located in Dixon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Grove
- Magnet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Randolph
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wynot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Hartington 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 city such as Hartington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hartington and extending to:
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Hartington to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,085 miles [1,746.1 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 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,232 miles [11,638.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hartington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hartington 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 Hartington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6208, Longitude: -97.2664 In this case, the coordinates for Hartington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.089 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.054 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.354 degrees. |
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