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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 Scotia Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scotia Junction and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Scotia Junction:
    • 41.455289, -98.717579
    • 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 Scotia Junction
  • 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 Scotia Junction ...

We found two communities that share the name Scotia Junction.

There is one other community in Nebraska which is also named Scotia Junction.

Beyond Nebraska, there is another community also named Scotia Junction in the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Located In Nebraska ...
    • Valley County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Valley County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Scotia Junction.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Scotia Junction.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotia Junction ...

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.

  • Cedar Rapids
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rapids
    • Cedar Rapids is located in Boone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Rapids <4>
  • Comstock
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
    • Comstock is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <4>
  • Elba
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Farwell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Geranium ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geranium have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geranium
    • Geranium is located in Valley County
  • Howard City
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
    • Howard City is located in Howard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
  • Rockville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Timber Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
    • Timber Creek is located in Nance County
  • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
    • Willow Springs is located in Garfield County

How Far From Scotia Junction 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 Scotia Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Scotia Junction and extending to:

  • Greeley, which is the Seat of Greeley County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<5> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Scotia Junction to Greeley, 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 113 miles [181.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,154 miles [1,857.2 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 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,252 miles [8,452.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Scotia Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Nebraska: 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 Scotia Junction, 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Scotia Junction 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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- Scotia Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scotia Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4553, Longitude: -98.7176       In this case, the coordinates for Scotia Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Scotia Junction 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 322.071 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.044 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.351 degrees.




 

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