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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 Naper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Naper 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 Naper:
- 42.964157, -99.096786
- 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 Naper
- 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 Boyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd County
- Since Naper is near Gregory County and also Holt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gregory County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holt 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 Naper
Curious and Interesting Names Near Naper ...
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.
- Bonesteel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carlock is located in Gregory County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
- Dyer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dyer is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Gregory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lucas
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lucas is located in Gregory County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Mariaville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paddock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paddock is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
How Far From Naper 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 village such as Naper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Naper and extending to:
- Butte, which is the Seat of Boyd County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Naper to Butte, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 192 miles [309 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,180 miles [1,899 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,514 miles [10,483.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,273 miles [11,704.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,193 miles [8,357.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Naper) 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 Naper 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 Naper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9642, Longitude: -99.0968 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.423 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.633 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.279 degrees. |
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