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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 Enloe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Enloe 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 Enloe:
    • 46.499684, -96.757579
    • 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 Enloe
  • 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 Enloe ...

We found two communities that share the name Enloe.

Within North Dakota, the name Enloe is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Benton 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 Tennessee community of Enloe [Benton County].
    • Texas
      • Delta County
      • This Enloe is located in Delta County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<2> to the south of the Enloe that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Enloe.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Enloe ...

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.

  • Christine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
    • Christine is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christine <4>
  • Comstock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
    • Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
  • Dwight
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dwight have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
    • Dwight is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
  • Kent
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in Wilkin County (MN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
  • Kindred
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kindred have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindred
    • Kindred is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kindred <4>
  • Norman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Norman is located in Cass County
  • Oxbow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxbow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
    • Oxbow is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
  • Wild Rice
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
    • Wild Rice is located in Cass County

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

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

  • Wahpeton, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Enloe to Wahpeton, 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 191 miles [307.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,013 miles [11,286.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,943 miles [7,955 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Enloe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Enloe 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Enloe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Enloe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4997, Longitude: -96.7576       In this case, the coordinates for Enloe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Enloe 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 320.814 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.226 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.204 degrees.









 

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