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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 New Helena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Helena 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 New Helena:
- 41.611233, -99.749278
- 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 New Helena
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since New Helena is near Blaine County and also Loup County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loup 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 New Helena
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Helena ...
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.
- Broken Bow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dale ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dale is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Elton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elton is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Finchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Finchville is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Gates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kent ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Loup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Round Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Round Valley is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
How Far From New Helena 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 New Helena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Helena and extending to:
- Broken Bow, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Helena to Broken Bow, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 167 miles [268.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,207 miles [1,942.5 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 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,367 miles [11,856 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,283 miles [8,502.2 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- New Helena) 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 New Helena 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 New Helena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6112, Longitude: -99.7493 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.823 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.934 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.876 degrees. |
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