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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 Jay Em, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jay Em 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 Jay Em:
- 42.461252, -104.368921
- 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 Jay Em
- 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 Goshen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goshen County
- Since Jay Em is near Platte County and also Niobrara County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Platte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Niobrara 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 Jay Em
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jay Em ...
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.
- Agate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Agate is located in Sioux County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
- Crane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crane is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
- Guernsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hartville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Manville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Meadowdale is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Node
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Node is located in Niobrara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Node
- Sunrise ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Jay Em 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 Jay Em to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jay Em and extending to:
- Torrington, which is the Seat of Goshen County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jay Em to Torrington, with an average speed<3> 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 just over a day.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 1,445 miles [2,325.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,463 miles [12,010.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,405 miles [8,698.5 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jay Em) 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 Jay Em 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 Jay Em. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4613, Longitude: -104.3689 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.285 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.047 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.285 degrees. |
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