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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 Marian Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marian Center 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 Marian Center:
- 40.882500, -96.569178
- 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 Marian Center
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Marian Center is near Cass County and also Saunders County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saunders 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 Marian Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marian Center ...
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.
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Davey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gaslight Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gaslight Village is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Havelock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Havelock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Home is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- University Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- University Place is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
How Far From Marian Center 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 Marian Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Marian Center and extending to:
- Lincoln, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Marian Center to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 60 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,298 miles [11,745 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marian Center) 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 Marian Center 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 Marian Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8825, Longitude: -96.5692 In this case, the coordinates for Marian Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.512 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.171 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.328 degrees. |
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