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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 Horn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horn 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 Horn:
- 42.762907, -103.443694
- 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 Horn
- 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 Dawes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawes County
- Since Horn is near Sioux County and also Fall River County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sioux County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fall River 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 Horn
Communities Also Named Horn ...
We found seven communities that are also named Horn.
Within Nebraska, the name Horn is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Yuma County
- This Horn is located in Yuma County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Horn that is located in Dawes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuma County community of Horn.
- Iowa
- Jasper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Horn [Jasper County].
- Mississippi
- Clarke County
- This Horn is located in Clarke County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Horn that is located in Dawes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Horn.
- Missouri
- Jasper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Horn [Jasper County].
- North Dakota
- Stutsman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Horn [Stutsman County].
- Pennsylvania
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Horn [Warren County].
- Virginia
- Buchanan County
- This Horn is located in Buchanan County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Horn that is located in Dawes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Horn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horn ...
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.
- Agate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Agate is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
- Dakota Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dakota Junction is located in Dawes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Junction
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Glen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge is located in Dawes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Story
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Story is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
How Far From Horn 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 Horn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Horn and extending to:
- Chadron, which is the Seat of Dawes County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Horn to Chadron, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 372 miles [598.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,399 miles [2,251.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,655 miles [10,710.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,418 miles [11,938.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,358 miles [8,622.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Horn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Horn 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. |
| <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 Horn 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 Horn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7629, Longitude: -103.4437 In this case, the coordinates for Horn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.612 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.298 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.722 degrees. |
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