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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 Lemert, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lemert 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 Lemert:
    • 47.509721, -99.264004
    • 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 Lemert
  • 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 Foster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Foster County
    • Since Lemert is near Wells County and also Eddy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wells County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Eddy 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 Lemert

Communities Also Named Lemert ...

We found one communities that are also named Lemert.

Within North Dakota, the name Lemert is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, there is another community also named Lemert in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Crawford County
      • This Lemert is located in Crawford County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lemert that is located in Foster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Lemert.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lemert ...

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.

  • Divide
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Divide is located in Eddy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
  • Dover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Dover is located in Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Grace City
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Hamberg
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Heaton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Heaton is located in Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
  • Josephine
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Josephine is located in Benson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
  • Lake Williams
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Williams is located in Kidder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Williams
  • Munster
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Munster is located in Eddy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster

How Far From Lemert 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 Lemert to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lemert and extending to:

  • Carrington, which is the Seat of Foster County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Lemert 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 5 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 1,260 miles [2,027.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,270 miles [10,090.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,982 miles [8,017.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lemert) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lemert 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 Lemert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5097, Longitude: -99.2640       In this case, the coordinates for Lemert have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.671 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.466 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.414 degrees.