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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 Twin City Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin City Estates 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 Twin City Estates:
- 46.819722, -100.845000
- 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 Twin City Estates
- 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 Morton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morton County
- Since Twin City Estates is near Burleigh County and also Oliver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burleigh County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oliver 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 Twin City Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin City Estates ...
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.
- Arnold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold is located in Burleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Hay Creek Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hay Creek Court is located in Burleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek Court
- Holiday Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Park is located in Burleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meadow Park is located in Morton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- On-a-Slant Village ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- On-a-Slant Village is located in Morton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for On-a-Slant Village
- Pierce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pierce is located in Burleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Rock Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Haven is located in Morton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
- Sunny
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunny is located in Morton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny
How Far From Twin City Estates 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 Twin City Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Twin City Estates and extending to:
- Mandan, which is the Seat of Morton County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Twin City Estates to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 75 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,352 miles [10,222.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,118 miles [11,455.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,068 miles [8,156.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Twin City Estates) 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 Twin City Estates 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 Twin City Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8197, Longitude: -100.8450 In this case, the coordinates for Twin City Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.841 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.72 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.496 degrees. |
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