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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 North Grand Forks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Grand Forks 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 North Grand Forks:
- 47.979425, -97.090910
- 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 North Grand Forks
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Forks County
- Since North Grand Forks is near Polk County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 North Grand Forks
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Grand Forks ...
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.
- Fisher
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Freeman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Grand Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Honeyford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Honeyford is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyford
- Kelly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kelly is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Mallory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mallory is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- March
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- March is located in Marshall County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March
- Oslo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oslo is located in Marshall County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <1>
- Poland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Poland is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
How Far From North Grand Forks 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 North Grand Forks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Grand Forks and extending to:
- Grand Forks, which is the Seat of Grand Forks County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from North Grand Forks to Bismarck, with an average speed<3>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 1,179 miles [1,897.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,182 miles [9,949 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,886 miles [7,863.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- North Grand Forks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 North Grand Forks 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 North Grand Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9794, Longitude: -97.0909 In this case, the coordinates for North Grand Forks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.059 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.693 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.022 degrees. |
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