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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 Lembke Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lembke Landing 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 Lembke Landing:
- 42.667220, -96.801706
- 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 Lembke Landing
- 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 Dixon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dixon County
- Since Lembke Landing is near Clay County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Lembke Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lembke Landing ...
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.
- Allen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clay Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clay Point is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Point
- Dakota Dunes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 40 people
- Hill Side
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hill Side is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Side
- Junction City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Junction City is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Lime Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lime Grove is located in Dixon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Grove
- Marshalltown ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Marshalltown is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
- Martinsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Martinsburg is located in Dixon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Wynot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
How Far From Lembke Landing 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 Lembke Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lembke Landing and extending to:
- Ponca, which is the Seat of Dixon County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lembke Landing to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,214 miles [11,609.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lembke Landing) 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 Lembke Landing 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 Lembke Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6672, Longitude: -96.8017 In this case, the coordinates for Lembke Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.759 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.68 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.096 degrees. |
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