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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 Fried, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fried 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 Fried:
- 47.045825, -98.657878
- 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 Fried
- 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 Stutsman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stutsman County
- Since Fried is near Barnes County and also Foster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barnes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Foster 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 Fried
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fried ...
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.
- Bloom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bloom is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Frontier Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
- Homer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Homer is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jamestown Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
- Rogers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spiritwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spiritwood Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
How Far From Fried 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 Fried to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fried and extending to:
- Jamestown, which is the Seat of Stutsman County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fried to Jamestown, 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,042 miles [11,333 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,983 miles [8,019.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fried) 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 Fried 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 Fried. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0458, Longitude: -98.6579 In this case, the coordinates for Fried have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.216 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.892 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.168 degrees. |
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