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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 Derrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Derrick 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 Derrick:
- 48.476951, -98.557619
- 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 Derrick
- 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 Ramsey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ramsey County
- Since Derrick is near Cavalier County and also Walsh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cavalier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walsh 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 Derrick
Communities Also Named Derrick ...
We found two communities that are also named Derrick.
Within North Dakota, the name Derrick is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Rio Grande County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Derrick [Rio Grande County].
- New York
- Franklin County
- This Derrick is located in Franklin County and lies 1,175 miles [1,891 km]<2> to the east of the Derrick that is located in Ramsey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Derrick.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Derrick ...
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.
- Clyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Cavalier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Devils Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Harbor is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Harbor
- Keith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Keith is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Starkweather
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sweetwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Cavalier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Weaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Cavalier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
How Far From Derrick 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 Derrick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Derrick and extending to:
- Devils Lake, which is the Seat of Ramsey County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Derrick to Devils Lake, with an average speed<4> 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 southwest (SW). 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 1,255 miles [2,019.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,912 miles [7,905.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Derrick 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. |
| <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- Derrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Derrick 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 Derrick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.4770, Longitude: -98.5576 In this case, the coordinates for Derrick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.147 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.989 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.762 degrees. |
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