Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in North Pole, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Pole and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for North Pole
- 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 North Pole:
- 64.751436, -147.331942
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on North Pole
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named North Pole ...
We found five communities that share the name North Pole.
Within Alaska, the name North Pole is unique.
Beyond Alaska, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- El Paso 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 Colorado community of North Pole [El Paso County].
- Idaho
- Kootenai County
- This North Pole is located in Kootenai County and lies 1,620 miles [2,607.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kootenai County community of North Pole.
- New York
- Essex County
- This North Pole is located in Essex County and lies 3,037 miles [4,887.6 km]<2> to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of North Pole.
- Oklahoma
- McCurtain County
- This North Pole is located in McCurtain County and lies 3,021 miles [4,861.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCurtain County community of North Pole.
- Texas
- Nueces 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 Texas community of North Pole [Nueces County].
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Pole ...
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.
- Aurora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Badger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - College
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College
- Fox
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fox <4>
- Moose Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moose Creek <4>
- Slaterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slaterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Totem Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Totem Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totem Park
- Two Rivers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rivers
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Two Rivers <4>
How Far From North Pole 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 city such as North Pole to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Pole and extending to:
- Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from North Pole to Juneau, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 35 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 3,256 miles [5,240 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 7 days, a buggy would take 128 days and walking would take 185 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the north (N).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,983 miles [8,019.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for North Pole: www.northpolealaska.com/
The official website for State of Alaska: alaska.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 North Pole 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 . 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 from Point A (ie- North Pole) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Pole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 64.7514, Longitude: -147.3319 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 North Pole to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 2.197 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 6.675 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 344.327 degrees. |