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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 Battleview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Battleview 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 Battleview:
- 48.578937, -102.792473
- 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 Battleview
- 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 Burke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Since Battleview is near Williams County and also Mountrail 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 Mountrail 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 Battleview
Curious and Interesting Names Near Battleview ...
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.
- Columbus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hamlet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lignite
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lostwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lostwood is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostwood
- Powers Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rival ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sevenmile Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sevenmile Corner is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
- Stampede
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stampede is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampede
- Temple
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Temple is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Wildrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
How Far From Battleview 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 community such as Battleview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Battleview and extending to:
- Bowbells, which is the Seat of Burke County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Battleview to Bowbells, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,438 miles [2,314.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 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 7,073 miles [11,382.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,047 miles [8,122.4 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- Battleview) 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 Battleview 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 Battleview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5789, Longitude: -102.7925 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.342 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.636 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.283 degrees. |
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