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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 Arnegard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arnegard 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 Arnegard:
- 47.808075, -103.438527
- 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 Arnegard
- 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 McKenzie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKenzie County
- Since Arnegard is near Williams County and also Richland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland 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 Arnegard
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arnegard ...
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.
- Cartwright
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Charbonneau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Charbonneau is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charbonneau
- Hawkeye
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkeye is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Lake Jessie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
- Marley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marley is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Ridgelawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ridgelawn is located in Richland County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelawn
- Springbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Springbrook is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
How Far From Arnegard to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Arnegard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arnegard and extending to:
- Watford City, which is the Seat of McKenzie County, lies just to the East.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Arnegard to Bismarck, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 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 from Point A (ie- Arnegard) 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 Arnegard 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 Arnegard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8081, Longitude: -103.4385 In this case, the coordinates for Arnegard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.822 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.096 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.834 degrees. |
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