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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 Wyndmere, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyndmere 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 Wyndmere:
- 46.263712, -97.131456
- 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 Wyndmere
- 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Since Wyndmere is near Sargent County and also Ransom County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sargent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ransom 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 Wyndmere
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyndmere ...
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.
- Barney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Christine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dwight
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Great Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kindred
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leonard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Power
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Power is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power
- Ransom City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ransom City is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
- Rutland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Wyndmere 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 Wyndmere to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wyndmere and extending to:
- Wahpeton, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Wyndmere to Wahpeton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,275 miles [10,098.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 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 '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- Wyndmere) 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 Wyndmere 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 Wyndmere. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2637, Longitude: -97.1315 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.085 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.506 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.475 degrees. |
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