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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 Crookston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crookston and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Crookston:
    • 42.928062, -100.753099
    • 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 Crookston
  • 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 Cherry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherry County
    • Since Crookston is near Todd County and also Bennett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Todd County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bennett 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 Crookston

Communities Also Named Crookston ...

We found two communities that are also named Crookston.

Within Nebraska, the name Crookston is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Minnesota
      • Polk County
      • This Crookston is located in Polk County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Crookston that is located in Cherry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Crookston.
    • Ontario
      • This Crookston lies 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crookston that is located in Cherry County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crookston ...

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.

How Far From Crookston 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 village such as Crookston to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crookston and extending to:

  • Valentine, which is the Seat of Cherry County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crookston to Valentine, 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.
  • Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 254 miles [408.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,255 miles [8,457.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crookston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Crookston 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 Crookston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9281, Longitude: -100.7531    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.63 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.022 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.196 degrees.