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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 Dyce, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dyce 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 Dyce:
- 44.094919, -96.869547
- 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 Dyce
- 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 Moody County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moody County
- Since Dyce is near Lake County and also Brookings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brookings 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 Dyce
Communities Also Named Dyce ...
We found one communities that are also named Dyce.
Within South Dakota, the name Dyce is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, there is another community also named Dyce in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- This Dyce lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<1> to the north of the Dyce that is located in Moody County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dyce ...
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.
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
- Lone Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Tree is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
- Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
- Prairie Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 18 people
- Rutland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sunnyview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Dyce 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 Dyce to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Dyce once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Dyce and extending to:
- Flandreau, which is the Seat of Moody County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dyce to Flandreau, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,142 miles [11,493.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,059 miles [8,141.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dyce) 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> | 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 Dyce, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Dyce 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 Dyce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0949, Longitude: -96.8695 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.855 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.97 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.828 degrees. |
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