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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 Long Pine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Pine 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 Long Pine:
- 42.536378, -99.700794
- 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 Long Pine
- 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Since Long Pine is near Rock County and also Keya Paha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Keya Paha 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 Long Pine
Communities Also Named Long Pine ...
We found two communities that are also named Long Pine.
Within Nebraska, the name Long Pine is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Anson County
- This Long Pine is located in Anson County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Long Pine that is located in Brown County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anson County community of Long Pine.
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- This Long Pine is located in Washington County and lies 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km]<1> to the east of the Long Pine that is located in Brown County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Long Pine.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Pine ...
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.
- Dyer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dyer is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Johnstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mariaville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meadville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Raven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Raven is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Riverview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Keya Paha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sandridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sandridge is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
- Springview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
How Far From Long Pine 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 city such as Long Pine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Pine and extending to:
- Ainsworth, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the West.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Long Pine to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,316 miles [11,774 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,236 miles [8,426.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Long Pine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Long Pine 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 Long Pine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5364, Longitude: -99.7008 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.841 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.064 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.688 degrees. |
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