Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dickinson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dickinson and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dickinson
- 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 Dickinson:
- 46.879036, -102.789866
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Dickinson
- 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stark County
- Since Dickinson is near Dunn County and also Billings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dunn County
- eBird sighting report for Billings 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Dickinson ...
We found ten communities that share the name Dickinson.
Within North Dakota, the name Dickinson is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Michigan
- New York
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dickinson ...
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.
- Antelope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Fryburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Fryburg is located in Billings County
- Havelock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Marshall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Marshall is located in Dunn County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <4>
- New England
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
- New England is located in Hettinger County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 559 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New England <4>
- Six Mile Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Mile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Corner
- Six Mile Corner is located in Billings County
How Far From Dickinson 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 city such as Dickinson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dickinson and extending to:
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Dickinson to Bismarck, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,406 miles [2,262.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,402 miles [10,303 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,169 miles [11,537.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,130 miles [8,255.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Dickinson: www.dickinsongov.com/
The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dickinson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dickinson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8790, Longitude: -102.7899 |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Dickinson 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Dickinson to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.306 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.403 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.631 degrees. |