Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sarles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sarles and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sarles
- 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 Sarles:
- 48.945285, -98.995405
- 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 Sarles
- 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 Cavalier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cavalier County
- Since Sarles is near Towner County and also Rolette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Towner County
- eBird sighting report for Rolette 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 Sarles ...
We found one communities that share the name Sarles.
Within North Dakota, the name Sarles is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, there is another community also named Sarles in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sarles ...
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.
- Badger Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Badger Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Creek
- Cartwright
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Clearwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Clyde
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Crystal City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crystal City <5>
- Pilot Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Mound
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pilot Mound <5>
- Rocklake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklake
- Rocklake is located in Towner County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocklake <5>
- Snowflake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Sarles 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 city such as Sarles to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<6> beginning in Sarles and extending to:
- Langdon, which is the Seat of Cavalier County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sarles to Langdon, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 169 miles [272 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sarles. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 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 Sarles 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> | 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. |
| <3> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sarles) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sarles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9453, Longitude: -98.9954 In this case, the coordinates for Sarles have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Sarles 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 322.473 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.416 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.906 degrees. |