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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 Belle Fourche, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Fourche 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 Belle Fourche:
- 44.671250, -103.853628
- 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 Belle Fourche
- 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 Butte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Since Belle Fourche is near Lawrence County and also Crook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crook 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 Belle Fourche
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Fourche ...
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.
- Aladdin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Carbonate ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Centennial City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial City
- Colony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Crook County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Crook City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Fruitdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jolly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jolly is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Jolly Dump
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jolly Dump is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Dump
- Spearfish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Belle Fourche 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 city such as Belle Fourche to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Belle Fourche and extending to:
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Belle Fourche to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,323 miles [11,785.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,276 miles [8,490.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Belle Fourche) 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 Belle Fourche 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 Belle Fourche. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6713, Longitude: -103.8536 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.026 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.987 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.653 degrees. |
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