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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 Sherack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sherack 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 Sherack:
- 48.020808, -96.781733
- 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 Sherack
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Sherack is near Marshall County and also Grand Forks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Forks 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 Sherack
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sherack ...
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.
- Dorothy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Euclid
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Euclid is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Fisher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fisher is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Freeman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Grand Forks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Luna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Luna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Mallory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- March
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- March is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March
- Radium
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Radium is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
How Far From Sherack 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 community such as Sherack to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sherack and extending to:
- Crookston, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sherack to Crookston, 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 five to six hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 274 miles [441 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 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- Sherack) 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 Sherack 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 Sherack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0208, Longitude: -96.7817 In this case, the coordinates for Sherack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.831 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.439 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.83 degrees. |
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