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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 McKenzie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKenzie 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 McKenzie:
- 46.823718, -100.41371
- 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 McKenzie
- 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 Burleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burleigh County
- Since McKenzie is near Morton County and also Emmons County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmons 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 McKenzie
Communities Also Named McKenzie ...
We found eight communities that are also named McKenzie.
Within North Dakota, the name McKenzie is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Butler County
- This McKenzie is located in Butler County and lies 1,280 miles [2,060 km]<1> to the southeast of the McKenzie that is located in Burleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of McKenzie.
- Georgia
- Crisp County
- This McKenzie is located in Crisp County and lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the McKenzie that is located in Burleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crisp County community of McKenzie.
- Kentucky
- Lewis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of McKenzie [Lewis County].
- Louisiana
- Claiborne Parish
- This McKenzie is located in Claiborne Parish and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the McKenzie that is located in Burleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne Parish community of McKenzie.
- Manitoba
- This community is historic<2> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for McKenzie.
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This McKenzie is located in Allegany County and lies 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the McKenzie that is located in Burleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of McKenzie.
- Missouri
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of McKenzie [Wayne County].
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- This McKenzie is located in Carroll County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the McKenzie that is located in Burleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of McKenzie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKenzie ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Arnold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold is located in Burleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Dana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dana is located in Emmons County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Hay Creek Court
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hay Creek Court is located in Burleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek Court
- Holiday Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holiday Park is located in Burleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Huff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- On-a-Slant Village ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- On-a-Slant Village is located in Morton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for On-a-Slant Village
- Pierce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pierce is located in Burleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
How Far From McKenzie 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 community such as McKenzie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McKenzie and extending to:
- Bismarck, which is the Seat of Burleigh County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from McKenzie to Bismarck, with an average speed<4> 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 16 miles [25.7 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,297 miles [2,087.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- McKenzie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 McKenzie 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 McKenzie 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 McKenzie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8237, Longitude: -100.4137 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.519 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.352 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.243 degrees. |
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