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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 Silver Tip, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silver Tip 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 Silver Tip:
- 41.914690, -104.266621
- 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 Silver Tip
- 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 Silver Tip is near Scotts Bluff County and also Furnas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scotts Bluff County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Furnas 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 Silver Tip
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silver Tip ...
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.
- Goodland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodland is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Hartman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hartman is located in Scotts Bluff County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Hawk Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Henry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Joyce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Joyce is located in Scotts Bluff County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
- Rockeagle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rockeagle is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockeagle
- Veteran
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wycross
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wycross is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wycross
How Far From Silver Tip 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 Silver Tip to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Silver Tip and extending to:
- Torrington, which is the Seat of Goshen County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Silver Tip to Torrington, 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.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,440 miles [2,317.5 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<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,491 miles [12,055.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,429 miles [8,737.1 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 from Point A (ie- Silver Tip) 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 Silver Tip 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 Silver Tip. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9147, Longitude: -104.2666 In this case, the coordinates for Silver Tip have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.169 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.854 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.304 degrees. |
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