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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 Frontier Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frontier Village 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 Frontier Village:
- 46.889432, -98.700657
- 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 Frontier Village
- 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 Frontier Village is near Barnes County and also LaMoure 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 LaMoure 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 Frontier Village
Communities Also Named Frontier Village ...
We found one communities that are also named Frontier Village.
Within North Dakota, the name Frontier Village is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, there is another community also named Frontier Village in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Grayson County
- This Frontier Village is located in Grayson County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the south of the Frontier Village that is located in Stutsman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Frontier Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frontier Village ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Dickey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fried
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fried is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fried
- Homer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Jamestown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jamestown Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spiritwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spiritwood Lake
(14 miles [22.5 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 Frontier Village to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Frontier Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Frontier Village and extending to:
- Jamestown, which is the Seat of Stutsman County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Frontier Village to Bismarck, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,221 miles [1,965 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 6,288 miles [10,119.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,051 miles [11,347.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,992 miles [8,033.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frontier Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Frontier Village 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 Frontier Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8894, Longitude: -98.7007 In this case, the coordinates for Frontier Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.246 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.907 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.23 degrees. |
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