Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Maida, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maida and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Maida
- 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 Maida:
- 48.999099, -98.364998
- 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 Maida
- 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 Cavalier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cavalier County
- Since Maida is near Pembina County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Pembina 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maida ...
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.
- Brown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Concrete
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Deerwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Greenfarm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfarm
- Hanks Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Corner
- Hanks Corner is located in Cavalier County
- Mountain City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mountain City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Nelson ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Pilot Mound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Mound
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pilot Mound <4>
- Snowflake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Thornhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Windygates
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windygates came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windygates
How Far From Maida 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 Maida to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Maida and extending to:
- Langdon, which is the Seat of Cavalier County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<5> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Maida to Langdon, with an average speed<6> 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 five to six hours.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,262 miles [2,031 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Maida. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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- Maida) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maida. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9991, Longitude: -98.3650 |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Maida to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.00 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.887 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.514 degrees. |