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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 Clifford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clifford 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 Clifford:
    • 47.348318, -97.409534
    • 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 Clifford
  • 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 Traill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Traill County
    • Since Clifford is near Steele County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steele County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Clifford

Communities Also Named Clifford ...

We found 21 communities that are also named Clifford.

Within North Dakota, the name Clifford is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of 21 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Lincoln County
      • This Clifford is located in Lincoln County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Clifford.
    • Illinois
      • Williamson County
      • This Clifford is located in Williamson County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Clifford.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • This Clifford is located in Bartholomew County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Clifford.
    • Kansas
      • Smith 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 Kansas community of Clifford [Smith County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • This Clifford is located in Lawrence County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Clifford.
    • Louisiana
      • Webster Parish
      • This Clifford is located in Webster Parish and lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of Clifford.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Clifford is located in Baltimore City and lies 1,179 miles [1,897.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Clifford.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Clifford is located in Bristol County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the east of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Clifford.
    • Michigan
      • Lapeer County
      • This Clifford is located in Lapeer County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lapeer County community of Clifford.
    • Minnesota
      • Becker 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 Minnesota community of Clifford [Becker County].
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • This Clifford is located in Bolivar County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bolivar County community of Clifford.
    • Missouri
      • Polk County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Clifford [Polk County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Clifford.
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • This Clifford is located in Oswego County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<1> to the east of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Clifford.
    • Ohio
      • Scioto County
      • This Clifford is located in Scioto County and lies 926 miles [1,490.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Clifford.
    • Ontario
      • This Clifford lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the east of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Snyder 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 Pennsylvania community of Clifford [Snyder County].
      • Susquehanna County
      • This Clifford is located in Susquehanna County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Clifford.
    • Texas
      • Collingsworth 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 Texas community of Clifford [Collingsworth County].
    • Virginia
      • Amherst County
      • This Clifford is located in Amherst County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Clifford.
    • Wisconsin
      • Lincoln County
      • This Clifford is located in Lincoln County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Clifford that is located in Traill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Clifford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clifford ...

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.

  • Erie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Galesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Greenfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenfield is located in Traill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Hope
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hunter
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mayville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Murray
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Murray is located in Traill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Page
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Roseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Roseville is located in Traill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville

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

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

  • Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Traill County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clifford to Hillsboro, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,175 miles [1,891 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,225 miles [10,018.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clifford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Clifford 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>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 Clifford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Clifford 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 Clifford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3483, Longitude: -97.4095       In this case, the coordinates for Clifford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.296 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.882 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.369 degrees.