Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Johnsons Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnsons Corner and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Johnsons Corner
- 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 Johnsons Corner:
- 47.804186, -102.941579
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Johnsons Corner
- 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 McKenzie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McKenzie County
- Since Johnsons Corner is near Mountrail County and also Dunn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mountrail County
- eBird sighting report for Dunn 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Johnsons Corner ...
We found nine communities that share the name Johnsons Corner.
Within North Dakota, the name Johnsons Corner is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Mesa County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Mesa County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Johnsons Corner that is located in McKenzie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Fairfield County and lies 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km]<1> to the east of the Johnsons Corner that is located in McKenzie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Florida
- Lake County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Lake County and lies 1,729 miles [2,782.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in McKenzie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Nebraska
- Brown County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Brown County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in McKenzie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Johnsons Corner.
- North Carolina
- Camden County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Camden County and lies 1,562 miles [2,513.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in McKenzie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Delaware County and lies 1,461 miles [2,351.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in McKenzie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Johnsons Corner [Fairfax County].
- King George County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in King George County and lies 1,440 miles [2,317.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Johnsons Corner that is located in McKenzie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King George County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Washington
- Pierce County
- This Johnsons Corner is located in Pierce County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the west of the Johnsons Corner that is located in McKenzie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Johnsons Corner.
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnsons Corner ...
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.
- Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charging Eagle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
- Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
- Four Bears Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Bears Village
- Four Bears Village is located in McKenzie County
- Hawkeye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Independance ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Independance. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independance
- Independance is located in Dunn County
- Lake Jessie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
- Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
- Medicine Hole
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Hole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Hole
- Medicine Hole is located in Dunn County
- Shell Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shell Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
- Shell Creek is located in McLean County
- Spotted Horn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spotted Horn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spotted Horn
- Spotted Horn is located in McKenzie County
How Far From Johnsons Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Johnsons Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnsons Corner and extending to:
- Watford City, which is the Seat of McKenzie County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Johnsons Corner to Watford City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,354 miles [10,225.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnsons Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Johnsons Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnsons Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8042, Longitude: -102.9416 In this case, the coordinates for Johnsons Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Johnsons Corner 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Johnsons Corner to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.443 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.664 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.536 degrees. |