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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 Spring Ranch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Ranch 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 Spring Ranch:
    • 40.406402, -98.233939
    • 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 Spring Ranch
  • 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 Spring Ranch ...

We found one communities that share the name Spring Ranch.

Within Nebraska, the name Spring Ranch is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, there is another community also named Spring Ranch in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This Spring Ranch is located in Jefferson County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the west of the Spring Ranch that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Spring Ranch.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Ranch ...

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.

  • Blaine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Blaine is located in Adams County
  • Edgar
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Good Samaritan Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Samaritan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Samaritan Village
    • Good Samaritan Village is located in Adams County
  • Harvard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Inland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Kingswood Plaza
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingswood Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Plaza
    • Kingswood Plaza is located in Adams County
  • Level
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Level have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level
    • Level is located in Adams County
  • Nelson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Roseland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

How Far From Spring Ranch 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 Spring Ranch 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<4> community of Spring Ranch once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring Ranch and extending to:

  • Clay Center, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Spring Ranch to Clay Center, with an average speed<5> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,129 miles [1,816.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,380 miles [11,877 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,285 miles [8,505.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for State of Nebraska: 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- Spring Ranch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Ranch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4064, Longitude: -98.2339       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Ranch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Spring Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 Spring Ranch to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.661 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.442 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.279 degrees.




 

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