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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 Apple Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Apple Valley and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Apple Valley:
    • 46.822396, -100.598257
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Apple Valley
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Apple Valley ...

We found ten communities that share the name Apple Valley.

Within North Dakota, the name Apple Valley is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Apple Valley is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Apple Valley that is located in Burleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Apple Valley.
    • Georgia
      • Jackson County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Jackson County and lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Apple Valley that is located in Burleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Apple Valley.
      • Richmond County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Richmond County and lies 1,344 miles [2,163 km] to the southeast of the Apple Valley that is located in Burleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Apple Valley.
    • Idaho
      • Canyon County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Canyon County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the west of the Apple Valley that is located in Burleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Canyon County community of Apple Valley.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Apple Valley [Cook County].
    • Minnesota
      • Dakota County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Dakota County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Apple Valley that is located in Burleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Apple Valley.
    • Oregon
      • Columbia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Apple Valley [Columbia County].
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Richland County and lies 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Apple Valley that is located in Burleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Apple Valley.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Apple Valley that is located in Burleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Apple Valley.
      • Washington County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Washington County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km] to the southwest of the Apple Valley that is located in Burleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Apple Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Apple Valley ...

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.

  • Arnold
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnold have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Arnold is located in Burleigh County
  • Hay Creek Court
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hay Creek Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek Court
    • Hay Creek Court is located in Burleigh County
  • Holiday Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
    • Holiday Park is located in Burleigh County
  • Huff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
    • Huff is located in Morton County
  • Lincoln
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Burleigh County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,873 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <4>
  • Meadow Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
    • Meadow Park is located in Morton County
  • On-a-Slant Village ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for On-a-Slant Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for On-a-Slant Village
    • On-a-Slant Village is located in Morton County
  • Pierce
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Pierce is located in Burleigh County
  • Rock Haven
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
    • Rock Haven is located in Morton County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Apple Valley and extending to:

  • Bismarck, which is the Seat of Burleigh County, lies just to the West.
  • Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies just to the west (W).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Apple Valley to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 75 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,345 miles [10,211.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,060 miles [8,143.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Apple Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Burleigh County: www.co.burleigh.nd.us/

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Apple Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Apple Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8224, Longitude: -100.5983    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Apple Valley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Apple Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.656 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.509 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.351 degrees.









 

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