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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 Piper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piper 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 Piper:
- 41.759692, -103.258545
- 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 Piper
- 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 Morrill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrill County
- Since Piper is near Scotts Bluff County and also Box Butte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scotts Bluff County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Butte 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 Piper
Communities Also Named Piper ...
We found nine communities that are also named Piper.
Within Nebraska, the name Piper is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bibb County
- This Piper is located in Bibb County and lies 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Piper that is located in Morrill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Piper.
- Iowa
- Calhoun County
- This Piper is located in Calhoun County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the east of the Piper that is located in Morrill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Piper.
- Kansas
- Wyandotte County
- This Piper is located in Wyandotte County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Piper that is located in Morrill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandotte County community of Piper.
- Michigan
- Ogemaw 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 Michigan community of Piper [Ogemaw County].
- Missouri
- Henry County
- This Piper is located in Henry County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Piper that is located in Morrill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Piper.
- Montana
- Fergus County
- This Piper is located in Fergus County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Piper that is located in Morrill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Piper.
- Oklahoma
- Major County
- This Piper is located in Major County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Piper that is located in Morrill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Major County community of Piper.
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- This Piper is located in Clearfield County and lies 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km]<1> to the east of the Piper that is located in Morrill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Piper.
- Wyoming
- Hot Springs 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 Wyoming community of Piper [Hot Springs County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piper ...
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.
- Covert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Covert is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Craft
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Craft is located in Morrill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft
- Harrisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- James
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- James is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Jane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jane is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane
- Lynn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Morrill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Terrytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Terrytown is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,163 people
- Trout
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trout is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout
How Far From Piper 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 Piper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Piper and extending to:
- Bridgeport, which is the Seat of Morrill County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Piper to Bridgeport, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,706 miles [10,792.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,469 miles [12,020.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,402 miles [8,693.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Piper) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Piper 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 Piper 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 Piper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7597, Longitude: -103.2585 In this case, the coordinates for Piper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.407 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.949 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.766 degrees. |
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