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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 Gederos Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gederos Estates 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 Gederos Estates:
- 45.513310, -98.513150
- 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 Gederos Estates
- 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Since Gederos Estates is near Edmunds County and also McPherson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edmunds County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McPherson 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 Gederos Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gederos Estates ...
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.
- Bath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Craven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Craven is located in Edmunds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Craven Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Craven Corner is located in Edmunds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven Corner
- Frederick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- James
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- James is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Randolph
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Rudolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rudolph is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
How Far From Gederos Estates 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 Gederos Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gederos Estates and extending to:
- Aberdeen, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Gederos Estates to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,357 miles [10,230.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,119 miles [11,456.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,051 miles [8,128.8 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Gederos Estates) 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 Gederos Estates 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 Gederos Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5133, Longitude: -98.5131 In this case, the coordinates for Gederos Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.085 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.554 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.433 degrees. |
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