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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 Newcastle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newcastle 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 Newcastle:
    • 43.854750, -104.204427
    • 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 Newcastle
  • 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 Weston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weston County
    • Since Newcastle is near Pennington County and also Custer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pennington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Custer 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 Newcastle

Communities Also Named Newcastle ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Newcastle.

Within Wyoming, the name Newcastle is unique.

Beyond Wyoming, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Newcastle.
    • Arkansas
      • Saint Francis County
      • This Newcastle is located in Saint Francis County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Newcastle.
    • British Columbia
      • This Newcastle lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
    • California
      • Placer County
      • This Newcastle is located in Placer County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Newcastle.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Newcastle is located in Duval County and lies 1,546 miles [2,488 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Newcastle.
    • Illinois
      • Saline County
      • This Newcastle is located in Saline County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Newcastle.
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Newcastle [Cherokee County].
      • Leavenworth 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 Newcastle [Leavenworth County].
    • Maine
      • Lincoln County
      • This Newcastle is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Newcastle.
    • Nebraska
      • Dixon County
      • This Newcastle is located in Dixon County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the east of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixon County community of Newcastle.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Newcastle lies 1,865 miles [3,001.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • This Newcastle is located in Coshocton County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<2> to the east of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Newcastle.
    • Oklahoma
      • McClain County
      • This Newcastle is located in McClain County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McClain County community of Newcastle.
    • Ontario
      • This Newcastle lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<2> to the east of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardeman County
      • This Newcastle is located in Hardeman County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardeman County community of Newcastle.
    • Texas
      • Young County
      • This Newcastle is located in Young County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Young County community of Newcastle.
    • Utah
      • Iron County
      • This Newcastle is located in Iron County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Newcastle.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Newcastle is located in King County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Newcastle that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Newcastle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Newcastle ...

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.

  • Clay Spur
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Copper Camp ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Copper Camp is located in Pennington County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Camp
  • Dewey
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Four Corners
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jerome
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jerome is located in Weston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
  • Junction Ranger Station
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Moon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Moon is located in Pennington County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
  • Skull Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Skull Creek is located in Weston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Creek

How Far From Newcastle to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Newcastle to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Newcastle and extending to:

  • Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Newcastle to Cheyenne, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,441 miles [2,319.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 82 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,379 miles [11,875.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,329 miles [8,576.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Newcastle 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Newcastle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8548, Longitude: -104.2044    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.248 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.154 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.986 degrees.