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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 Fonda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fonda 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 Fonda:
- 48.669721, -100.018748
- 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 Fonda
- 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 Rolette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rolette County
- Since Fonda is near Bottineau County and also Pierce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bottineau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce 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 Fonda
Communities Also Named Fonda ...
We found seven communities that are also named Fonda.
Within North Dakota, the name Fonda is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Pocahontas County
- This Fonda is located in Pocahontas County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Fonda that is located in Rolette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Fonda.
- Kansas
- Ford 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 Kansas community of Fonda [Ford County].
- New York
- Montgomery County
- This Fonda is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km]<1> to the east of the Fonda that is located in Rolette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Fonda.
- Oklahoma
- Dewey County
- This Fonda is located in Dewey County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the south of the Fonda that is located in Rolette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dewey County community of Fonda.
- Vermont
- Franklin County
- This Fonda is located in Franklin County and lies 1,292 miles [2,079.3 km]<1> to the east of the Fonda that is located in Rolette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Fonda.
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Fonda [Milwaukee County].
- Wyoming
- Goshen County
- This Fonda is located in Goshen County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fonda that is located in Rolette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goshen County community of Fonda.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fonda ...
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.
- Agate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kelvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kelvin is located in Rolette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin
- Overly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Overly is located in Bottineau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Pleasant Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Rugby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shell Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Valley is located in Rolette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Valley
- Towner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willow City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Fonda 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 Fonda to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fonda and extending to:
- Rolla, which is the Seat of Rolette County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fonda to Rolla, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,227 miles [10,021.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,993 miles [11,254.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Fonda) 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 Fonda 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 Fonda 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 Fonda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6697, Longitude: -100.0187 In this case, the coordinates for Fonda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.242 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.256 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.588 degrees. |
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