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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 Cloverleaf Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cloverleaf Colony 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 Cloverleaf Colony:
- 44.182472, -97.537017
- 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 Cloverleaf Colony
- 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 Miner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miner County
- Since Cloverleaf Colony is near Kingsbury County and also Lake 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 Lake 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 Cloverleaf Colony
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cloverleaf Colony ...
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.
- Badger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carthage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Epiphany
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Epiphany is located in Hanson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
- Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
- Erwin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Howard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
- Prairie Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 18 people
- Success ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Success is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
- Unityville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Unityville is located in McCook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unityville
- Estimated population in 2014: 52 people
How Far From Cloverleaf Colony 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 community such as Cloverleaf Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cloverleaf Colony and extending to:
- Howard, which is the Seat of Miner County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cloverleaf Colony to Howard, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the west (W). 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 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,079 miles [8,173.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cloverleaf Colony) 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 Cloverleaf Colony 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 Cloverleaf Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1825, Longitude: -97.5370 In this case, the coordinates for Cloverleaf Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.339 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.536 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.176 degrees. |
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