Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Parkhurst, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkhurst and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Parkhurst
- 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 Parkhurst:
- 46.979453, -98.752634
- 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 Parkhurst
- 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 Stutsman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stutsman County
- Since Parkhurst is near Barnes County and also LaMoure County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Barnes County
- eBird sighting report for LaMoure 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 Parkhurst ...
We found four communities that share the name Parkhurst.
Within North Dakota, the name Parkhurst is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Quebec
- This Parkhurst lies 1,294 miles [2,082.5 km]<3> to the east of the Parkhurst that is located in Stutsman County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkhurst ...
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.
- Bloom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bloom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Bloom is located in Stutsman County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bloom
- From Parkhurst to Bloom
- Fried
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Frontier Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
- Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown is located in Stutsman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,930 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamestown <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Jamestown
- From Parkhurst to Jamestown
- Jamestown Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
- Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Jamestown Junction
- From Parkhurst to Jamestown Junction
- Spiritwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood
- Spiritwood is located in Stutsman County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiritwood <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Spiritwood
- From Parkhurst to Spiritwood
- Spiritwood Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spiritwood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
- Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
How Far From Parkhurst to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Parkhurst to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkhurst and extending to:
- Jamestown, which is the Seat of Stutsman County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Parkhurst to Bismarck, with an average speed<7>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 1,225 miles [1,971.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,048 miles [11,342.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,989 miles [8,029 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Parkhurst. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Parkhurst, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Parkhurst 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> | 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- Parkhurst) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parkhurst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9795, Longitude: -98.7526 |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Parkhurst to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.286 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.963 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.239 degrees. |