Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prosser, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prosser and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prosser
- 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 Prosser:
- 40.687349, -98.577994
- 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 Prosser
- 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Since Prosser is near Hall County and also Buffalo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hall County
- eBird sighting report for Buffalo 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
Communities Also Named Prosser ...
We found five communities that share the name Prosser.
Within Nebraska, the name Prosser is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Texas
- Washington
- Benton County
- This Prosser is located in Benton County and lies 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Prosser that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Prosser.
- Yakima 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 Washington community of Prosser [Yakima County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prosser ...
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.
- Assumption
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Assumption is located in Adams County
- Blaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Adams County
- Good Samaritan Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Samaritan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Samaritan Village
- Good Samaritan Village is located in Adams County
- Hayland
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayland
- Hayland is located in Adams County
- Heartwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartwell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwell
- Heartwell is located in Kearney County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heartwell <5>
- Kingswood Plaza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingswood Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Plaza
- Kingswood Plaza is located in Adams County
- Rosedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Wood River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood River
- Wood River is located in Hall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wood River <5>
How Far From Prosser 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 Prosser to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prosser and extending to:
- Hastings, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prosser to Hastings, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,377 miles [11,872.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,284 miles [8,503.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prosser. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Adams County: www.adamscounty.org/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Prosser, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Prosser 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prosser) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prosser. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6873, Longitude: -98.5780 In this case, the coordinates for Prosser have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Prosser to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.924 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.781 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.411 degrees. |