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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 Pelto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pelto 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 Pelto:
- 48.158609, -98.227880
- 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 Pelto
- 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 Nelson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
- Since Pelto is near Ramsey County and also Walsh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ramsey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walsh 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 Pelto
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pelto ...
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.
- Devils Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Edinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fordville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Harrisburg is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Keith
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Keith is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Kerry ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kerry is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
- Lakota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan City is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Park River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sweetwater is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
How Far From Pelto 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 Pelto to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pelto and extending to:
- Lakota, which is the Seat of Nelson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pelto to Lakota, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 1,232 miles [1,982.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,916 miles [7,911.5 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pelto) 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 Pelto 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 Pelto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1586, Longitude: -98.2279 In this case, the coordinates for Pelto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.902 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.672 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.646 degrees. |
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