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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 Fairview Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairview Junction 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 Fairview Junction:
- 46.268900, -96.823797
- 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 Fairview Junction
- 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Since Fairview Junction is near Wilkin County and also Sargent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sargent 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 Fairview Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairview Junction ...
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.
- Barney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Childs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Christine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Comstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Dwight
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Foxhome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Foxhome is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Great Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kindred
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Norman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Norman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Oxbow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oxbow is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Power
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Power is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power
How Far From Fairview Junction to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fairview Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fairview Junction and extending to:
- Wahpeton, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fairview Junction to Wahpeton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 1,123 miles [1,807.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 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' (or 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- Fairview Junction) 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 Fairview Junction 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 Fairview Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2689, Longitude: -96.8238 In this case, the coordinates for Fairview Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.861 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.25 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.298 degrees. |
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