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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 Marmarth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marmarth 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 Marmarth:
- 46.295839, -103.934373
- 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 Marmarth
- 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 Slope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Slope County
- Since Marmarth is near Bowman County and also Fallon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bowman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fallon 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 Marmarth
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marmarth ...
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.
- Alpha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Golden Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Griffin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Griffin is located in Bowman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Knobs ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Knobs is located in Fallon County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobs
- Mazda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mazda is located in Slope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazda
- Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mound is located in Slope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
- Three V Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Three V Crossing is located in Slope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three V Crossing
How Far From Marmarth 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 city such as Marmarth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Marmarth and extending to:
- Amidon, which is the Seat of Slope County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Marmarth to Amidon, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 1,450 miles [2,333.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,233 miles [11,640.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,197 miles [8,363.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Marmarth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Marmarth 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 Marmarth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2958, Longitude: -103.9344 In this case, the coordinates for Marmarth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.156 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.313 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.418 degrees. |
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