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 Beardsley:
43.298322, -97.982294
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 Beardsley
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 Hutchinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Beardsley.
Within South Dakota, the name Beardsley is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Maricopa County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Beardsley [Maricopa County].
Connecticut
Fairfield County
Although located in Fairfield County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Beardsley.
Kansas
Rawlins County
This Beardsley is located in Rawlins County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Beardsley that is located in Hutchinson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rawlins County community of Beardsley.
Minnesota
Big Stone County
This Beardsley is located in Big Stone County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Beardsley that is located in Hutchinson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Stone County community of Beardsley.
New Brunswick
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Beardsley.
Ohio
Geauga County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Beardsley [Geauga County].
Pennsylvania
Elk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Beardsley [Elk County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beardsley ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Beardsley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beardsley and extending to:
Olivet, which is the Seat of Hutchinson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beardsley to Olivet, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 139 miles [223.7 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 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Beardsley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Beardsley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>
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 Beardsley 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.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Beardsley 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 Beardsley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2983, Longitude: -97.9823 In this case, the coordinates for Beardsley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.631 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.761 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.605 degrees.