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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 Harwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harwood 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 Harwood:
- 46.981094, -96.883773
- 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 Harwood
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Harwood is near Clay County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Harwood
Communities Also Named Harwood ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Harwood.
Within North Dakota, the name Harwood is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Chicot County
- This Harwood is located in Chicot County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Harwood that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Harwood.
- Florida
- Volusia 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 Florida community of Harwood [Volusia County].
- Illinois
- Champaign 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 Illinois community of Harwood [Champaign County].
- Indiana
- Vanderburgh County
- This Harwood is located in Vanderburgh County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Harwood that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vanderburgh County community of Harwood.
- Kansas
- Haskell 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 Harwood [Haskell County].
- Seward County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Harwood [Seward County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Harwood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Harwood that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Harwood.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Harwood [Middlesex County].
- Missouri
- Vernon County
- This Harwood is located in Vernon County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Harwood that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Harwood.
- Ohio
- Highland County
- This Harwood is located in Highland County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Harwood that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Harwood.
- Morrow 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 Ohio community of Harwood [Morrow County].
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Harwood.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- This Harwood is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,113 miles [1,791.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Harwood that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Harwood.
- Texas
- Gonzales County
- This Harwood is located in Gonzales County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the south of the Harwood that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Harwood.
- Washington
- Yakima County
- This Harwood is located in Yakima County and lies 1,120 miles [1,802.5 km]<1> to the west of the Harwood that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Harwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harwood ...
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.
- Arthur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Durbin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Frontier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Frontier is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Moorhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Rose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Prosper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prosper is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
- Wild Rice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Harwood 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 city such as Harwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harwood and extending to:
- Fargo, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Harwood to Bismarck, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Harwood) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Harwood 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 Harwood 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 Harwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9811, Longitude: -96.8838 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.908 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.395 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.156 degrees. |
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