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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 South Mitchell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Mitchell 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 South Mitchell:
- 41.911077, -103.813280
- 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 South Mitchell
- 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 Scotts Bluff County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scotts Bluff County
- Since South Mitchell is near Furnas County and also Sioux County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Furnas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sioux 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 South Mitchell
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Mitchell ...
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.
- Covert
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Covert is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Hartman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hartman is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Jane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jane is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane
- Joyce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Joyce is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
- Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roach is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
- Terrytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Terrytown is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,163 people
- Trout
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trout is located in Scotts Bluff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout
How Far From South Mitchell 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 South Mitchell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Mitchell and extending to:
- Gering, which is the Seat of Scotts Bluff County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from South Mitchell to Gering, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 376 miles [605.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,417 miles [2,280.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,477 miles [12,033.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,413 miles [8,711.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- South Mitchell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 South Mitchell 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 South Mitchell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9111, Longitude: -103.8133 In this case, the coordinates for South Mitchell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.83 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.459 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.052 degrees. |
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