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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 Lindsay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lindsay 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 Lindsay:
    • 41.700001, -97.693719
    • 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 Lindsay
  • 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 Platte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Platte County
    • Since Lindsay is near Madison County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone 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 Lindsay

Communities Also Named Lindsay ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Lindsay.

Within Nebraska, the name Lindsay is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, ten are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Lindsay is located in Tulare County and lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<1> to the west of the Lindsay that is located in Platte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Lindsay.
    • Louisiana
      • East Feliciana Parish
      • This Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lindsay that is located in Platte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Feliciana Parish community of Lindsay.
    • Minnesota
      • Polk 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 Minnesota community of Lindsay [Polk County].
    • Montana
      • Dawson County
      • This Lindsay is located in Dawson County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lindsay that is located in Platte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Lindsay.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Lindsay lies 1,514 miles [2,436.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lindsay that is located in Platte County.
    • North Carolina
      • Orange 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 Carolina community of Lindsay [Orange County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Garvin County
      • This Lindsay is located in Garvin County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the south of the Lindsay that is located in Platte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garvin County community of Lindsay.
    • Ontario
      • This Lindsay lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lindsay that is located in Platte County.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster 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 South Carolina community of Lindsay [Lancaster County].
    • Texas
      • Cooke County
      • This Lindsay is located in Cooke County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the south of the Lindsay that is located in Platte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Lindsay.
      • Reeves County
      • This Lindsay is located in Reeves County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km] to the south southwest of the Lindsay that is located in Platte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reeves County community of Lindsay.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Lindsay is located in Albemarle County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<1> to the east of the Lindsay that is located in Platte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Lindsay.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lindsay ...

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.

How Far From Lindsay 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 village such as Lindsay to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lindsay and extending to:

  • Columbus, which is the Seat of Platte County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lindsay to Columbus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,294 miles [11,738.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,203 miles [8,373.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Lindsay) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lindsay 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>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 Lindsay 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 Lindsay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7000, Longitude: -97.6937    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.352 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.243 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.762 degrees.