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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 Coteau, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coteau 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 Coteau:
- 48.756698, -102.319057
- 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 Coteau
- 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 Coteau is near Ward County and also Renville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ward County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Renville 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 Coteau
Communities Also Named Coteau ...
We found one communities that are also named Coteau.
Within North Dakota, the name Coteau is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, there is another community also named Coteau in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Iberia Parish
- This Coteau is located in Iberia Parish and lies 1,403 miles [2,257.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Coteau that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberia Parish community of Coteau.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coteau ...
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.
- Bowbells
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lignite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lostwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lostwood is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostwood
- Norma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Norma is located in Renville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Portal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Powers Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rival ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rival is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rival
- Sevenmile Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sevenmile Corner is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
- Stampede
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stampede is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampede
How Far From Coteau to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Coteau to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coteau and extending to:
- Bowbells, which is the Seat of Burke County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Coteau 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,422 miles [2,288.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,051 miles [11,347.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Coteau) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Coteau 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 Coteau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7567, Longitude: -102.3191 In this case, the coordinates for Coteau have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.984 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.247 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.957 degrees. |
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