Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Clarkfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarkfield and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Clarkfield

• 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 Clarkfield:
  • 44.790823, -95.807916
  • 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 Clarkfield

• 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 Yellow Medicine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yellow Medicine County
  • Since Clarkfield is near Lac qui Parle County and also Chippewa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lac qui Parle County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chippewa 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 Clarkfield

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarkfield ...

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.

• Cottonwood
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cottonwood is located in Lyon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,223 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood <1>
• Granite Falls
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Granite Falls is located in Yellow Medicine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,670 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Falls <1>
• Green Valley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Green Valley is located in Lyon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
• Hazel Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
• Providence
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Providence is located in Lac qui Parle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• Spring Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Spring Creek is located in Yellow Medicine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
• Valley Courts
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
• Wood Lake
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people

How Far From Clarkfield 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 Clarkfield to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clarkfield and extending to:

• Granite Falls, which is the Seat of Yellow Medicine County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Clarkfield to Granite Falls, 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.
• Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,988 miles [8,027.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'