Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Shepard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shepard and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Shepard
- 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 Shepard:
- 47.389715, -98.132040
- 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 Shepard
- 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 Griggs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Griggs County
- Since Shepard is near Steele County and also Barnes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Steele County
- eBird sighting report for Barnes 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 Shepard ...
We found eight communities that share the name Shepard.
There is one other community in North Dakota which is also named Shepard.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Dakota ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Shepard lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Shepard that is located in Griggs County.
- Iowa
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Alberta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shepard ...
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.
- Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Hope is located in Steele County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <5>
- Jessie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie
- Jessie is located in Griggs County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessie <5>
- Karnak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Page
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Page have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Page is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Page <5>
- Pillsbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Rogers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Rogers is located in Barnes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers <5>
- Spiritwood Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spiritwood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 Shepard 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 Shepard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shepard and extending to:
- Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Griggs County, lies just to the North.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Shepard to Bismarck, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,949 miles [7,964.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shepard. 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Shepard 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shepard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shepard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3897, Longitude: -98.1320 In this case, the coordinates for Shepard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Shepard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Shepard to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.829 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.494 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.78 degrees. |