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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 Clearfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clearfield 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 Clearfield:
    • 43.169354, -100.028155
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Clearfield
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Clearfield ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Clearfield.

Within South Dakota, the name Clearfield is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Clearfield is located in New Castle County and lies 1,281 miles [2,061.6 km]<1> to the east of the Clearfield that is located in Tripp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Clearfield.
    • Iowa
      • Taylor County
      • This Clearfield is located in Taylor County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Clearfield that is located in Tripp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Clearfield.
    • Kansas
      • Douglas County
      • This Clearfield is located in Douglas County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Clearfield that is located in Tripp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Clearfield.
    • Kentucky
      • Rowan County
      • This Clearfield is located in Rowan County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Clearfield that is located in Tripp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Clearfield.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Clearfield is located in Carroll County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<1> to the east of the Clearfield that is located in Tripp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Clearfield.
    • New York
      • Erie 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 New York community of Clearfield [Erie County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Clearfield is located in Clearfield County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<1> to the east of the Clearfield that is located in Tripp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Clearfield.
      • Northampton County
      • This Clearfield is located in Northampton County and lies 1,272 miles [2,047.1 km] to the east of the Clearfield that is located in Tripp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Clearfield.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Clearfield lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Clearfield that is located in Tripp County.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Clearfield is located in Davis County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the west of the Clearfield that is located in Tripp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Clearfield.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Clearfield [Fairfax County].
    • West Virginia
      • Nicholas 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 West Virginia community of Clearfield [Nicholas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clearfield ...

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.

  • Carlock
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
    • Carlock is located in Gregory County
  • Carter
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gregory
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregory have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Gregory is located in Gregory County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gregory <4>
  • Hidden Timber
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Timber
    • Hidden Timber is located in Todd County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 45 people
  • Ideal
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Meadville
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
    • Meadville is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
  • Sparks
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Springview
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springview
    • Springview is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springview <4>
  • White Horse
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
    • White Horse is located in Todd County
  • Winner
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner
    • Winner is located in Tripp County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,787 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winner <4>

How Far From Clearfield 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 community such as Clearfield to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Winner, which is the Seat of Tripp County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clearfield to Winner, 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 five to six hours.
  • Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,217 miles [8,395.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clearfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clearfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clearfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1694, Longitude: -100.0282    
<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 Clearfield 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Clearfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.111 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.451 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.753 degrees.




 

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