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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 Lallie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lallie 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 Lallie:
- 47.978333, -99.215966
- 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 Lallie
- 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 Benson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benson County
- Since Lallie is near Eddy County and also Ramsey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eddy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ramsey 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 Lallie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lallie ...
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.
- Comstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Comstock is located in Benson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Devils Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Divide
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Divide is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Flora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flora is located in Benson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Grand Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Harbor is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Harbor
- Hamberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Josephine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Josephine is located in Benson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Munster
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Munster is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
How Far From Lallie 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 community such as Lallie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lallie and extending to:
- Minnewaukan, which is the Seat of Benson County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Lallie to Bismarck, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,243 miles [10,047.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,958 miles [7,979.1 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lallie) 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 Lallie 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 Lallie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9783, Longitude: -99.2160 In this case, the coordinates for Lallie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.638 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.486 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.275 degrees. |
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