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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 Crandall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crandall 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 Crandall:
    • 45.15492, -97.955638
    • 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 Crandall
  • 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 Day County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Day County
    • Since Crandall is near Clark County and also Spink County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spink 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 Crandall

Communities Also Named Crandall ...

We found nine communities that are also named Crandall.

Within South Dakota, the name Crandall is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Nassau County
      • This Crandall is located in Nassau County and lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Crandall that is located in Day County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Crandall.
    • Georgia
      • Murray County
      • This Crandall is located in Murray County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Crandall that is located in Day County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Crandall.
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Crandall [Tazewell County].
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Crandall is located in Harrison County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the southeast of the Crandall that is located in Day County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Crandall.
    • Kansas
      • Coffey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Crandall [Coffey County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Crandall lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Crandall that is located in Day County.
    • Mississippi
      • Clarke County
      • This Crandall is located in Clarke County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Crandall that is located in Day County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Crandall.
    • Ohio
      • Lorain County
      • This Crandall is located in Lorain County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Crandall that is located in Day County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Crandall.
    • Texas
      • Kaufman County
      • This Crandall is located in Kaufman County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the south of the Crandall that is located in Day County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Crandall.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crandall ...

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.

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

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

  • Webster, which is the Seat of Day County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crandall to Webster, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,152 miles [1,854 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Crandall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Crandall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Crandall 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.
<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 Crandall 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 Crandall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1549, Longitude: -97.9556    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.669 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.034 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.197 degrees.