Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sawyer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sawyer and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sawyer
- 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 Sawyer:
- 40.594451, -97.522550
- 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 Sawyer
- 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 Fillmore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fillmore County
- Since Sawyer is near York County and also Seward County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- eBird sighting report for Seward 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 Sawyer ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Sawyer.
Within Nebraska, the name Sawyer is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- Cibola County
- This Sawyer is located in Cibola County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sawyer that is located in Fillmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cibola County community of Sawyer.
- Valencia County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Valencia County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valencia County community of Sawyer.
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Sawyer is located in Allegany County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sawyer that is located in Fillmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Sawyer.
- Niagara County
- This Sawyer is located in Niagara County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km] to the east northeast of the Sawyer that is located in Fillmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Sawyer.
- Orleans County
- This Sawyer is located in Orleans County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km] to the east northeast of the Sawyer that is located in Fillmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Sawyer.
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sawyer ...
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.
- Beaver Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
- Beaver Crossing is located in Seward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver Crossing <4>
- Bixby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
- Bixby is located in Fillmore County
- Friend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
- Friend is located in Saline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friend <4>
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Geneva is located in Fillmore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <4>
- Mapps
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - McCool Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool Junction
- McCool Junction is located in York County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCool Junction <4>
- Pleasant Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Saline County
- Townhall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Waco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Waco is located in York County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <4>
How Far From Sawyer to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sawyer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Sawyer once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sawyer and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Fillmore County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Sawyer to Lincoln, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,346 miles [11,822.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,249 miles [8,447.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Fillmore County: www.fillmorecounty.org/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sawyer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sawyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5945, Longitude: -97.5225 In this case, the coordinates for Sawyer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Sawyer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Sawyer 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Sawyer 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 321.168 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.894 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.876 degrees. |