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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 Lunds Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lunds Valley 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 Lunds Valley:
- 48.507803, -102.542680
- 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 Lunds Valley
- 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 Mountrail County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mountrail County
- Since Lunds Valley is near Burke County and also Williams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williams 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 Lunds Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lunds Valley ...
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.
- Bowbells
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hamlet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hamlet is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Lignite
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lostwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lostwood is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostwood
- Powers Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rival ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rival is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rival
- Sevenmile Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sevenmile Corner is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
- Stampede
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stampede is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampede
- Stanley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Temple
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Temple is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
How Far From Lunds Valley 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 Lunds Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lunds Valley and extending to:
- Stanley, which is the Seat of Mountrail County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lunds Valley to Stanley, with an average speed<3> 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 143 miles [230.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,426 miles [2,294.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,042 miles [8,114.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lunds Valley) 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 Lunds Valley 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 Lunds Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5078, Longitude: -102.5427 In this case, the coordinates for Lunds Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.151 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.41 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.147 degrees. |
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