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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 Heber, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heber 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 Heber:
- 41.111125, -97.975058
- 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 Heber
- 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 Merrick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrick County
- Since Heber is near Hamilton County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Heber
Communities Also Named Heber ...
We found four communities that are also named Heber.
Within Nebraska, the name Heber is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Apache 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 Arizona community of Heber [Apache County].
- Navajo County
- This Heber is located in Navajo County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Heber that is located in Merrick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Heber.
- California
- Imperial County
- This Heber is located in Imperial County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Heber that is located in Merrick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Imperial County community of Heber.
- Kansas
- Cloud 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 Heber [Cloud County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heber ...
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.
- Archer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Havens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Havens is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
- Hord
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hord is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Hordville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Overland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Overland is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
- Paddock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paddock is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Polk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Riverside Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverside Park is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
- Swedehome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Swedehome is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedehome
- Worms
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Worms is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worms
How Far From Heber to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Heber to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heber and extending to:
- Central City, which is the Seat of Merrick County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Heber to Lincoln, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,334 miles [11,802.9 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Heber 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' (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- Heber) 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 Heber 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 Heber. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1111, Longitude: -97.9751 In this case, the coordinates for Heber have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.52 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.365 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.02 degrees. |
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