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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 Dalzell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dalzell 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 Dalzell:
- 44.343597, -102.396553
- 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 Dalzell
- 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 Meade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meade County
- Since Dalzell is near Pennington County and also Haakon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pennington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Haakon 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 Dalzell
Communities Also Named Dalzell ...
We found five communities that are also named Dalzell.
Within South Dakota, the name Dalzell is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- This Dalzell is located in Bureau County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dalzell that is located in Meade County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Dalzell.
- Ohio
- Washington County
- This Dalzell is located in Washington County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km]<1> to the east of the Dalzell that is located in Meade County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Dalzell.
- South Carolina
- Sumter County
- This Dalzell is located in Sumter County and lies 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dalzell that is located in Meade County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Dalzell.
- Texas
- Brown County
- This Dalzell is located in Brown County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Dalzell that is located in Meade County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Dalzell.
- Virginia
- Campbell 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 Dalzell [Campbell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dalzell ...
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.
- Elm Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grindstone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grindstone is located in Haakon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindstone
- Haydraw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haydraw is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydraw
- Marcus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Plainview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
- Union Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Owl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wicksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wicksville is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicksville
How Far From Dalzell 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 Dalzell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dalzell and extending to:
- Sturgis, which is the Seat of Meade County, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Dalzell to Sturgis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,299 miles [11,746.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,242 miles [8,436.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Dalzell) 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 Dalzell 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Dalzell 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 Dalzell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3436, Longitude: -102.3966 In this case, the coordinates for Dalzell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.917 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.671 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.872 degrees. |
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