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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 Gwinner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gwinner 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 Gwinner:
- 46.224130, -97.658985
- 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 Gwinner
- 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 Sargent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sargent County
- Since Gwinner is near Ransom County and also Dickey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ransom County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickey 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 Gwinner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gwinner ...
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.
- Buttzville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Buttzville is located in Ransom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
- Crete
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crete is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Glover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glover is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Harlem ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harlem is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Havana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kidder
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kidder is located in Marshall County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Lisbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ransom City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ransom City is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
- Rutland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Gwinner 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 city such as Gwinner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gwinner and extending to:
- Forman, which is the Seat of Sargent County, lies just to the South.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Gwinner to Bismarck, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,987 miles [8,025.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gwinner) 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 Gwinner 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 Gwinner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2241, Longitude: -97.6590 In this case, the coordinates for Gwinner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.471 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.941 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.785 degrees. |
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