Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Merrifield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Merrifield and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Merrifield
- 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 Merrifield:
- 47.845813, -97.109525
- 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 Merrifield
- 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 Grand Forks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Grand Forks County
- Since Merrifield is near Polk County and also Traill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for Traill 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
Communities Also Named Merrifield ...
We found six communities that share the name Merrifield.
Within North Dakota, the name Merrifield is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Saint Johns County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Merrifield [Saint Johns County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- This Merrifield is located in Jefferson County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Merrifield that is located in Grand Forks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Merrifield.
- Minnesota
- Crow Wing County
- This Merrifield is located in Crow Wing County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Merrifield that is located in Grand Forks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crow Wing County community of Merrifield.
- New York
- Cayuga County
- This Merrifield is located in Cayuga County and lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Merrifield that is located in Grand Forks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Merrifield.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- This Merrifield is located in Fairfax County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Merrifield that is located in Grand Forks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Merrifield.
- Portsmouth City
- This Merrifield is located in Portsmouth City and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km] to the east southeast of the Merrifield that is located in Grand Forks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Merrifield.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Merrifield ...
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.
- Climax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Euclid
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Euclid is located in Polk County (MN)
- Fisher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Freeman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Grand Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Forks
- Grand Forks is located in Grand Forks County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55,950 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Forks <4>
- Honeyford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Kelly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Mallory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Oslo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oslo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
- Oslo is located in Marshall County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <4>
- Poland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
How Far From Merrifield 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 Merrifield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Merrifield and extending to:
- Grand Forks, which is the Seat of Grand Forks County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Merrifield to Bismarck, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,892 miles [7,872.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Merrifield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Grand Forks County: www.grandforkscountygov.com/
The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Merrifield 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Merrifield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Merrifield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8458, Longitude: -97.1095 In this case, the coordinates for Merrifield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Merrifield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.074 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.692 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.068 degrees. |