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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 Mammen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mammen 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 Mammen:
- 42.851379, -96.292247
- 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 Mammen
- 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 Plymouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
- Since Mammen is near Sioux County and also Union 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 Union 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 Mammen
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mammen ...
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.
- Big Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Big Springs is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Craig
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Craig is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- James
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- James is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Merrill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Neptune
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Neptune is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Orange City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Ruble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ruble is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruble
- Union Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
How Far From Mammen 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 Mammen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mammen and extending to:
- Le Mars, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mammen to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,187 miles [11,566.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 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' (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- Mammen) 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 Mammen 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 Mammen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8514, Longitude: -96.2922 In this case, the coordinates for Mammen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.403 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.294 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.784 degrees. |
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