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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 Jasper Sunrise Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jasper Sunrise Village 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 Jasper Sunrise Village:
- 43.849415, -96.391149
- 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 Jasper Sunrise Village
- 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 Pipestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pipestone County
- Since Jasper Sunrise Village is near Minnehaha County and also Rock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Minnehaha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock 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 Jasper Sunrise Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jasper Sunrise Village ...
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.
- Baltic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Baltic is located in Minnehaha County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltic <1>
- Beaver Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Creek is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Dell Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Diamond Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Corner is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Corner
- Holland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Jasper
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jasper is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Lone Tree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Tree is located in Moody County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
- Manley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Manley is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- Pipestone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Valley Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
How Far From Jasper Sunrise Village 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 Jasper Sunrise Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jasper Sunrise Village and extending to:
- Pipestone, which is the Seat of Pipestone County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jasper Sunrise Village to Pipestone, 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 179 miles [288.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,053 miles [8,132 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jasper Sunrise Village) 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 Jasper Sunrise Village 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 Jasper Sunrise Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8494, Longitude: -96.3911 In this case, the coordinates for Jasper Sunrise Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.505 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.537 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.62 degrees. |
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