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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 Lufboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lufboro 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 Lufboro:
- 47.283348, -104.458837
- 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 Lufboro
- 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 Dawson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson County
- Since Lufboro is near Richland County and also Wibaux County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wibaux 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 Lufboro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lufboro ...
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.
- Burns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burns is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Curry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Curry is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Forest Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Park is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Hungry Joe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hungry Joe is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Joe
- Intake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Intake is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intake
- Knife River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knife River is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
- Red Top
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Red Top is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Savage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Lufboro 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 Lufboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Lufboro once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lufboro and extending to:
- Glendive, which is the Seat of Dawson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lufboro to Glendive, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 359 miles [577.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,489 miles [2,396.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,165 miles [8,312.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lufboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lufboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lufboro 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 Lufboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2833, Longitude: -104.4588 In this case, the coordinates for Lufboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.587 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.915 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.549 degrees. |
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