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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 Kuesters Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kuesters Lake 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 Kuesters Lake:
- 40.922234, -98.295339
- 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 Kuesters Lake
- 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Since Kuesters Lake is near Merrick County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Kuesters Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kuesters Lake ...
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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cairo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Grand Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Murphy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Murphy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Paddock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paddock is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Rosedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Wood River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Worms
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Worms is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worms
How Far From Kuesters Lake 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 community such as Kuesters Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kuesters Lake and extending to:
- Grand Island, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the West.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Kuesters Lake to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,131 miles [1,820.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,355 miles [11,836.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,262 miles [8,468.4 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 '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- Kuesters Lake) 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 Kuesters Lake 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 Kuesters Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9222, Longitude: -98.2953 In this case, the coordinates for Kuesters Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.737 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.593 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.222 degrees. |
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