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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 Halliday, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halliday and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Halliday:
    • 47.353427, -102.336154
    • 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 Halliday
  • 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 Dunn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn County
    • Since Halliday is near Mercer County and also McLean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McLean 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 Halliday

Communities Also Named Halliday ...

We found two communities that are also named Halliday.

Within North Dakota, the name Halliday is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Greene County
      • This Halliday is located in Greene County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Halliday that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Halliday.
    • British Columbia
      • This Halliday lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Halliday that is located in Dunn County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halliday ...

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.

How Far From Halliday 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 Halliday to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Halliday and extending to:

  • Manning, which is the Seat of Dunn County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Halliday to Manning, with an average speed<3> 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 82 miles [132 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,092 miles [8,194.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halliday) 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 Halliday 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 Halliday. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3534, Longitude: -102.3362    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.974 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.077 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.266 degrees.