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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 Walthill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walthill 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 Walthill:
- 42.148853, -96.492870
- 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 Walthill
- 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 Thurston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thurston County
- Since Walthill is near Monona County and also Cuming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monona County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cuming 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 Walthill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walthill ...
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.
- Beemer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dakota Dunes
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glen Ellen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Ellen is located in Woodbury County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ellen
- Holly Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Woodbury County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Macy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maple Landing ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Maple Landing is located in Monona County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Landing
- Sergeant Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
How Far From Walthill 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 Walthill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Walthill and extending to:
- Pender, which is the Seat of Thurston County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Walthill to Pender, with an average speed<3> 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 92 miles [148.1 km] to the south (S). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,136 miles [8,265.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Walthill) 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 Walthill 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 Walthill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1489, Longitude: -96.4929 In this case, the coordinates for Walthill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.519 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.338 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.038 degrees. |
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