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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 Heartwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heartwell 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 Heartwell:
- 40.569907, -98.789076
- 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 Heartwell
- 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 Kearney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kearney County
- Since Heartwell is near Adams County and also Buffalo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buffalo 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 Heartwell
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heartwell ...
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.
- Alfalfa Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alfalfa Center is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa Center
- Assumption
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Assumption is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Good Samaritan Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hayland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hayland is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayland
- Kingswood Plaza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kingswood Plaza is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Plaza
- Norman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rosedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Roseland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Valley City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley City is located in Kearney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Wood River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Heartwell 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 Heartwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heartwell and extending to:
- Minden, which is the Seat of Kearney County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Heartwell to Minden, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,157 miles [1,862 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,390 miles [11,893.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,298 miles [8,526.3 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 '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- Heartwell) 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 Heartwell 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 Heartwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5699, Longitude: -98.7891 In this case, the coordinates for Heartwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.067 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.933 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.542 degrees. |
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