Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fingal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fingal and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fingal
- 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 Fingal:
- 46.761922, -97.792881
- 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 Fingal
- 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 Barnes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Barnes County
- Since Fingal is near Cass County and also Ransom County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cass County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fingal ...
We found four communities that share the name Fingal.
Within North Dakota, the name Fingal is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Ontario
- This Fingal lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Fingal that is located in Barnes County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fingal ...
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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Alice is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Buffalo is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
- Cuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Daily
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Kathryn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathryn
- Kathryn is located in Barnes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kathryn <4>
- Peak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Tower City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower City
- Tower City is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tower City <4>
- Valley City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Valley City is located in Barnes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley City <4>
How Far From Fingal 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 city such as Fingal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fingal and extending to:
- Valley City, which is the Seat of Barnes County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fingal to Valley City, 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 four to five hours.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the west (W). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,031 miles [11,315.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fingal. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Barnes County: www.co.barnes.nd.us/
The official website for State of North Dakota: https://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 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 Fingal 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fingal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fingal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7619, Longitude: -97.7929 In this case, the coordinates for Fingal 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 Fingal 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 321.575 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.126 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.734 degrees. |