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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 Stirum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stirum 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 Stirum:
- 46.211185, -97.806593
- 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 Stirum
- 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 Sargent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sargent County
- Since Stirum is near Ransom County and also Dickey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ransom County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickey 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 Stirum
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stirum ...
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.
- Buttzville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Buttzville is located in Ransom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
- Crete
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crete is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Fort Ransom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harlem ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Havana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Independence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in LaMoure County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Lisbon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ransom City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ransom City is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
- Rutland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Stirum 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 Stirum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stirum and extending to:
- Forman, which is the Seat of Sargent County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stirum to Forman, 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 146 miles [235 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 1,166 miles [1,876.5 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 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stirum) 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 Stirum 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 Stirum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2112, Longitude: -97.8066 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.579 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.062 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.873 degrees. |
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