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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 Red Willow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Willow 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 Red Willow:
- 40.225160, -100.498261
- 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 Red Willow
- 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 Red Willow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Red Willow County
- Since Red Willow is near Frontier County and also Decatur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frontier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur 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 Red Willow
Communities Also Named Red Willow ...
We found one communities that are also named Red Willow.
Within Nebraska, the name Red Willow is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, there is another community also named Red Willow in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Red Willow lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Red Willow that is located in Red Willow County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Willow ...
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.
- Beverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluffs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Bluffs is located in Decatur County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
- Freedom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Frontier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Lyle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Red Willow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Maywood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McCook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Quick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quick is located in Frontier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
How Far From Red Willow 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 Red Willow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Red Willow and extending to:
- McCook, which is the Seat of Red Willow County, lies just to the West.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Red Willow to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,248 miles [2,008.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,466 miles [12,015.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,378 miles [8,655.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Red Willow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Red Willow 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 Red Willow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2252, Longitude: -100.4983 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.271 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.29 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.497 degrees. |
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