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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 Esterbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Esterbrook 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 Esterbrook:
- 42.411461, -105.362588
- 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 Esterbrook
- 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 Converse County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Converse County
- Since Esterbrook is near Albany County and also Platte 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 Platte 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 Esterbrook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Esterbrook ...
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.
- Boxelder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dead Man Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dead Man Crossing is located in Converse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead Man Crossing
- Deadmans Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deadmans Corner is located in Converse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadmans Corner
- Hightower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hightower is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Reed Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Place is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Place
How Far From Esterbrook 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 Esterbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Esterbrook and extending to:
- Douglas, which is the Seat of Converse County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Esterbrook to Douglas, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 1,496 miles [2,407.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,494 miles [12,060.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,442 miles [8,758.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Esterbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Esterbrook 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 Esterbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4115, Longitude: -105.3626 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.029 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.908 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.853 degrees. |
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