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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 Valley City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley City 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 Valley City:
    • 40.647236, -98.867024
    • 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 Valley City
  • 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 Valley City ...

We found eight communities that share the name Valley City.

Within Nebraska, the name Valley City is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Pike County
      • This Valley City is located in Pike County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the east of the Valley City that is located in Kearney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Valley City.
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Valley City is located in Harrison County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the east of the Valley City that is located in Kearney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Valley City.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson 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 Kansas community of Valley City [Anderson County].
      • Neosho County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Valley City [Neosho County].
      • Sedgwick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Valley City [Sedgwick County].
    • Missouri
      • Johnson County
      • This Valley City is located in Johnson County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Valley City that is located in Kearney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Valley City.
    • North Dakota
      • Barnes County
      • This Valley City is located in Barnes County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the north of the Valley City that is located in Kearney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnes County community of Valley City.
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • This Valley City is located in Medina County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the east of the Valley City that is located in Kearney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Valley City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley City ...

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.

  • Alfalfa Center
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alfalfa Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa Center
    • Alfalfa Center is located in Buffalo County
  • Assumption
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
    • Assumption is located in Adams County
  • Hayland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayland
    • Hayland is located in Adams County
  • Heartwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwell
    • Heartwell is located in Kearney County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heartwell <4>
  • Norman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Rosedale
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Roseland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Wood River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Valley City to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Valley City 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<5> community of Valley City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley City and extending to:

  • Minden, which is the Seat of Kearney County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Valley City to Minden, 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 (E). 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 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,633 miles [10,674.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,389 miles [11,891.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,297 miles [8,524.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Kearney County: www.kearneycounty.ne.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Valley City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valley City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6472, Longitude: -98.8670       In this case, the coordinates for Valley City 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Valley City 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>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 Valley City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Valley City 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 322.128 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.012 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.57 degrees.




 

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