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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 Van Tassell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Van Tassell 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 Van Tassell:
- 42.663279, -104.089157
- 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 Van Tassell
- 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 Niobrara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Niobrara County
- Since Van Tassell is near Sioux County and also Goshen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sioux 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 Van Tassell
Curious and Interesting Names Near Van Tassell ...
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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Agate is located in Sioux County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
- Five Points
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Sioux County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hat Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hat Creek is located in Niobrara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Jay Em
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Manville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Node
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Node is located in Niobrara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Node
- Story
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Story is located in Sioux County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
How Far From Van Tassell 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 town such as Van Tassell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Van Tassell and extending to:
- Lusk, which is the Seat of Niobrara County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Van Tassell to Lusk, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,431 miles [2,303 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 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 7,443 miles [11,978.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,385 miles [8,666.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Van Tassell) 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 Van Tassell 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 Van Tassell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6633, Longitude: -104.0892 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.088 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.84 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.099 degrees. |
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