Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prairie Pines Retirement Community, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Pines Retirement Community and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prairie Pines Retirement Community
- 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 Prairie Pines Retirement Community:
- 42.831919, -103.006296
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prairie Pines Retirement Community
- 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 Dawes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dawes County
- Since Prairie Pines Retirement Community is near Sheridan County and also Oglala Lakota County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sheridan County
- eBird sighting report for Oglala Lakota 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie Pines Retirement Community ...
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.
- Bordeaux ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Dakota Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dakota Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Junction
- Dakota Junction is located in Dawes County
- Hay Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hay Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Springs
- Hay Springs is located in Sheridan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hay Springs <3>
- Horn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Peters ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Pine Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Oglala Lakota County (SD)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Ridge <3>
- Rushville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rushville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Rushville is located in Sheridan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 871 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rushville <3>
- Slim Butte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slim Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim Butte
- Slim Butte is located in Oglala Lakota County (SD)
How Far From Prairie Pines Retirement Community 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 Prairie Pines Retirement Community to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Prairie Pines Retirement Community and extending to:
- Chadron, which is the Seat of Dawes County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Prairie Pines Retirement Community to Lincoln, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,377 miles [2,216.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,402 miles [11,912.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,339 miles [8,592.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie Pines Retirement Community. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dawes County: www.co.dawes.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prairie Pines Retirement Community) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Pines Retirement Community. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8319, Longitude: -103.0063 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Pines Retirement Community have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Prairie Pines Retirement Community to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.29 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.933 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.466 degrees. |