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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 Everest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Everest 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 Everest:
- 46.859696, -97.221201
- 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 Everest
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Everest is near Cass County and also Ransom County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ransom 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 Everest
Communities Also Named Everest ...
We found three communities that are also named Everest.
Within North Dakota, the name Everest is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Everest #
- This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=46.859696&lon=-97.221201&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Everest.
- Kansas
- Brown County
- This Everest is located in Brown County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the south of the Everest that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Everest.
- Michigan
- Gogebic County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Everest [Gogebic County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Everest ...
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.
- Alice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Arthur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Durbin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Durbin is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Erie Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Erie Junction is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
- Fargo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kindred
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Magnolia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mason
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Prosper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prosper is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
- Wheatland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Everest 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 Everest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Everest and extending to:
- Fargo, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Everest to Fargo, with an average speed<4> 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 167 miles [268.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,942 miles [7,953.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Everest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Everest 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> | 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 Everest 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 Everest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8597, Longitude: -97.2212 In this case, the coordinates for Everest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.155 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.661 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.381 degrees. |
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