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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 Trailerville Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trailerville Court 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 Trailerville Court:
- 42.101634, -102.872145
- 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 Trailerville Court
- 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 Box Butte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Butte County
- Since Trailerville Court is near Sheridan County and also Morrill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sheridan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrill 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 Trailerville Court
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trailerville Court ...
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.
- Alliance
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lulu ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lulu is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu
- Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lynn is located in Morrill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Peters ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peters is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Piper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Piper is located in Morrill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
How Far From Trailerville Court 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 Trailerville Court to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Trailerville Court and extending to:
- Alliance, which is the Seat of Box Butte County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Trailerville Court to Lincoln, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,676 miles [10,744 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 7,438 miles [11,970.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,371 miles [8,643.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Trailerville Court) 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 Trailerville Court 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 Trailerville Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1016, Longitude: -102.8721 In this case, the coordinates for Trailerville Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.143 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.502 degrees. |
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