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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 Lehigh, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lehigh 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 Lehigh:
- 46.867786, -102.694624
- 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 Lehigh
- 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
- Since Lehigh is near Dunn County and also Hettinger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hettinger 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 Lehigh
Communities Also Named Lehigh ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Lehigh.
There is one other community in North Dakota that is also named Lehigh.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Dakota ...
- Richland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Lehigh [Richland County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- This Lehigh is located in Blount County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Lehigh.
- Arkansas
- Cleveland County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lehigh [Cleveland County].
- Florida
- Miami-Dade County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lehigh [Miami-Dade County].
- Georgia
- Coffee County
- This Lehigh is located in Coffee County and lies 1,489 miles [2,396.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Lehigh.
- Illinois
- Kankakee County
- This Lehigh is located in Kankakee County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kankakee County community of Lehigh.
- Iowa
- Webster County
- This Lehigh is located in Webster County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Lehigh.
- Kansas
- Marion County
- This Lehigh is located in Marion County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Lehigh.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Lehigh is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,411 miles [2,270.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Lehigh.
- Missouri
- Jasper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lehigh [Jasper County].
- Montana
- Judith Basin County
- This Lehigh is located in Judith Basin County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<2> to the west of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Judith Basin County community of Lehigh.
- New York
- Genesee County
- This Lehigh is located in Genesee County and lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km]<2> to the east of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Lehigh.
- Oklahoma
- Coal County
- This Lehigh is located in Coal County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coal County community of Lehigh.
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna County
- This Lehigh is located in Lackawanna County and lies 1,397 miles [2,248.3 km]<2> to the east of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Lehigh.
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lehigh [Barbour County].
- Wisconsin
- Barron County
- This Lehigh is located in Barron County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<2> to the east of the Lehigh that is located in Stark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barron County community of Lehigh.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lehigh ...
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.
- Antelope
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Antelope is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Fryburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fryburg is located in Billings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Havelock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Havelock is located in Hettinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marshall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New England
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Six Mile Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Six Mile Corner is located in Billings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Corner
How Far From Lehigh 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 Lehigh to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lehigh and extending to:
- Dickinson, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the West.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lehigh to Bismarck, with an average speed<5>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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,401 miles [2,254.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 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 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lehigh 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lehigh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lehigh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lehigh 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 Lehigh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8678, Longitude: -102.6946 In this case, the coordinates for Lehigh have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.234 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.319 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.576 degrees. |
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