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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 Dwyer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dwyer 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 Dwyer:
- 42.242192, -104.956083
- 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 Dwyer
- 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 Platte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Platte County
- Since Dwyer is near Albany County and also Goshen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goshen 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 Dwyer
Communities Also Named Dwyer ...
We found four communities that are also named Dwyer.
Within Wyoming, the name Dwyer is unique.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Sunflower County
- This Dwyer is located in Sunflower County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dwyer that is located in Platte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Dwyer.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Dwyer [Saint Louis County].
- New Mexico
- Grant County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Dwyer [Grant County].
- Ohio
- Montgomery County
- This Dwyer is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<1> to the east of the Dwyer that is located in Platte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Dwyer.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dwyer ...
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.
- Bordeaux
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bordeaux is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
- Chugcreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chugcreek is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chugcreek
- Crane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crane is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
- Guernsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hightower
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hightower is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Sunrise ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Dwyer 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 Dwyer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dwyer and extending to:
- Wheatland, which is the Seat of Platte County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Dwyer to Wheatland, 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.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 76 miles [122.3 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,492 miles [12,057.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,436 miles [8,748.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dwyer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dwyer 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> | 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 Dwyer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Dwyer 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 Dwyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2422, Longitude: -104.9561 In this case, the coordinates for Dwyer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.711 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.519 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.646 degrees. |
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