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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 Cavour, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cavour 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 Cavour:
- 44.372758, -98.041477
- 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 Cavour
- 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 Beadle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beadle County
- Since Cavour is near Kingsbury County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kingsbury County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Cavour
Communities Also Named Cavour ...
We found one communities that are also named Cavour.
Within South Dakota, the name Cavour is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, there is another community also named Cavour in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wisconsin
- Forest County
- This Cavour is located in Forest County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cavour that is located in Beadle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forest County community of Cavour.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cavour ...
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.
- Carpenter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Carthage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Forestburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Forestburg is located in Sanborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 73 people
- James Valley Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spottswood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spottswood is located in Spink County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Success ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Success is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
- Willow Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Cavour 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 town such as Cavour to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cavour and extending to:
- Huron, which is the Seat of Beadle County, lies just to the West.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cavour to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,144 miles [1,841.1 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 6,405 miles [10,307.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,088 miles [8,188.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cavour) 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 Cavour 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 Cavour. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3728, Longitude: -98.0415 In this case, the coordinates for Cavour have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.711 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.985 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.415 degrees. |
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