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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 Croff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Croff 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 Croff:
- 47.747239, -102.941302
- 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 Croff
- 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 Croff is near Dunn County and also Mountrail County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn 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 Croff
Curious and Interesting Names Near Croff ...
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.
- Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
- Four Bears Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Four Bears Village is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Bears Village
- Hawkeye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Independance ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Independance is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independance
- Killdeer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Jessie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
- Medicine Hole
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Medicine Hole is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Hole
- Shell Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shell Creek is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
- Spotted Horn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spotted Horn is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spotted Horn
How Far From Croff 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 Croff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Croff and extending to:
- Watford City, which is the Seat of McKenzie County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Croff to Watford City, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,428 miles [2,298.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,357 miles [10,230.6 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 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,092 miles [8,194.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Croff) 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 Croff 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 Croff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7472, Longitude: -102.9413 In this case, the coordinates for Croff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.442 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.656 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.547 degrees. |
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