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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 Jamestown Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jamestown Junction 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 Jamestown Junction:
- 46.863041, -98.671234
- 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 Jamestown Junction
- 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 Jamestown Junction 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 Jamestown Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jamestown Junction ...
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)
- Dickey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fried
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fried is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fried
- Frontier Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
- Homer
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Homer is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Jamestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marion
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Spiritwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spiritwood Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- 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 Jamestown Junction 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 community such as Jamestown Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jamestown Junction 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 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Jamestown Junction 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 1,219 miles [1,961.8 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 7,052 miles [11,349.1 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> | 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- Jamestown Junction) 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 Jamestown Junction 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 Jamestown Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8630, Longitude: -98.6712 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.224 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.879 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.219 degrees. |
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