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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 Krider, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Krider 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 Krider:
- 40.070836, -96.746136
- 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 Krider
- 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 Gage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gage County
- Since Krider is near Washington County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Krider
Communities Also Named Krider ...
We found two communities that are also named Krider.
Within Nebraska, the name Krider is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Krider [Roosevelt County].
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon 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 Krider [Huntingdon County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Krider ...
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.
- Badger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Badger is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Diller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hermansberg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hermansberg is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansberg
- Home
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lone Elm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Marshall County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Marysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mission ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mission is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Virginia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Krider 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 Krider to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Krider and extending to:
- Beatrice, which is the Seat of Gage County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Krider to Beatrice, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,346 miles [11,822.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,244 miles [8,439.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Krider, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Krider 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Krider) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Krider 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 Krider. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0708, Longitude: -96.7461 In this case, the coordinates for Krider have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.59 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.159 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.57 degrees. |
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