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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 Manning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manning 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 Manning:
    • 47.229995, -102.770664
    • 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 Manning
  • 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 Dunn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn County
    • Since Manning is near Billings County and also Stark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Billings County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark 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 Manning

Communities Also Named Manning ...

We found 21 communities that are also named Manning.

Within North Dakota, the name Manning is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of 21 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Manning lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
    • Arkansas
      • Dallas County
      • This Manning is located in Dallas County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Manning.
    • British Columbia
      • This Manning lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
    • Florida
      • Baker County
      • This Manning is located in Baker County and lies 1,608 miles [2,587.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Manning.
    • Georgia
      • Laurens County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Manning [Laurens County].
    • Iowa
      • Carroll County
      • This Manning is located in Carroll County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Manning.
    • Kansas
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Manning [Clark County].
      • Scott County
      • This Manning is located in Scott County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the south of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Manning.
    • Louisiana
      • Bienville Parish
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Manning [Bienville Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Cheboygan County
      • This Manning is located in Cheboygan County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the east of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Manning.
      • Saginaw County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Manning [Saginaw County].
    • Nebraska
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Manning [Knox County].
    • New York
      • Orleans County
      • This Manning is located in Orleans County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<1> to the east of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Manning.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pittsburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Manning [Pittsburg County].
    • Oregon
      • Washington County
      • This Manning is located in Washington County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the west of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Manning.
    • South Carolina
      • Clarendon County
      • This Manning is located in Clarendon County and lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarendon County community of Manning.
    • Texas
      • Angelina County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Manning [Angelina County].
    • Utah
      • Utah County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Utah County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Manning.
    • Virginia
      • Suffolk City
      • This Manning is located in Suffolk City and lies 1,515 miles [2,438.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Manning.
    • Washington
      • Whitman County
      • This Manning is located in Whitman County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the west of the Manning that is located in Dunn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Manning.
    • Wisconsin
      • Vernon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Manning [Vernon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Manning ...

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.

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

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

  • Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Manning 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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,411 miles [2,270.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 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 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,112 miles [8,227 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Manning) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Manning, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Manning 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.
<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 Manning 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 Manning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2300, Longitude: -102.7707    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.301 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.436 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.55 degrees.