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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 Carterville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carterville 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 Carterville:
    • 44.337485, -103.746309
    • 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 Carterville
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Carterville is near Meade County and also Pennington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meade County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pennington 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 Carterville

Communities Also Named Carterville ...

We found ten communities that are also named Carterville.

Within South Dakota, the name Carterville is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Eagle County
      • This Carterville is located in Eagle County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Carterville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eagle County community of Carterville.
    • Florida
      • Saint Johns County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Carterville [Saint Johns County].
    • Illinois
      • Williamson County
      • This Carterville is located in Williamson County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Carterville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Carterville.
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Carterville is located in Bossier Parish and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Carterville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Carterville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Carterville is located in Worcester County and lies 1,606 miles [2,584.6 km]<1> to the east of the Carterville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Carterville.
    • Mississippi
      • Forrest County
      • This Carterville is located in Forrest County and lies 1,193 miles [1,919.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Carterville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forrest County community of Carterville.
    • Missouri
      • Jasper County
      • This Carterville is located in Jasper County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Carterville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Carterville.
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • This Carterville is located in Oswego County and lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<1> to the east of the Carterville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Carterville.
    • Texas
      • Cass County
      • This Carterville is located in Cass County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Carterville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Carterville.
      • Harrison County
      • This Carterville is located in Harrison County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km] to the southeast of the Carterville that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Carterville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carterville ...

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.

  • Blacktail
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Blacktail is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
  • Carthage ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Carthage is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Deadwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elizabethtown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
  • Flatiron ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Flatiron is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatiron
    • Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
  • Galena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Galena is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
  • Gayville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Gayville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
  • Lead
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lead is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,947 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lead <3>
  • Terry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Terry is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Trojan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Trojan is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
    • Estimated population in 2014: 627 people
  • Virginia ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Virginia is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia

How Far From Carterville to ...

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 Carterville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Carterville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Carterville and extending to:

  • Deadwood, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Carterville to Pierre, with an average speed<5>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 1,421 miles [2,286.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,339 miles [11,811 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,289 miles [8,511.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Carterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Carterville 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Carterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Carterville 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 Carterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3375, Longitude: -103.7463       In this case, the coordinates for Carterville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.929 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.838 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.646 degrees.