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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 Trumbull, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trumbull 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 Trumbull:
    • 40.680128, -98.273402
    • 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 Trumbull
  • 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 Trumbull ...

We found six communities that share the name Trumbull.

There is one other community in Nebraska which is also named Trumbull.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Nebraska ...
    • Adams County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Trumbull.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This Trumbull is located in Jefferson County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Trumbull that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Trumbull.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Trumbull is located in Fairfield County and lies 1,303 miles [2,097 km]<1> to the east of the Trumbull that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Trumbull.
    • Illinois
      • White County
      • 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 Illinois community of Trumbull [White County].
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<1> to the east of the Trumbull that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Trumbull.
    • Texas
      • Ellis County
      • This Trumbull is located in Ellis County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the south of the Trumbull that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Trumbull.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trumbull ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Blaine is located in Adams County
  • Good Samaritan Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
  • Grand Island
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Harvard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hayland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayland
    • Hayland is located in Adams County
  • Inland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingswood Plaza
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 south)
    • 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
  • Murphy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Murphy is located in Hamilton County
  • Rosedale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Rosedale is located in Hall County

How Far From Trumbull 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 village such as Trumbull to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Trumbull and extending to:

  • Clay Center, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Trumbull to Clay Center, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the east (E). 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 1,130 miles [1,818.6 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 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,367 miles [11,856 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trumbull) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trumbull. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6801, Longitude: -98.2734       In this case, the coordinates for Trumbull have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Trumbull 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>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 Trumbull 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 321.707 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.528 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.252 degrees.









 

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