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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 Grosse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grosse 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 Grosse:
- 43.927216, -99.286490
- 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 Grosse
- 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 Brule County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brule County
- Since Grosse is near Buffalo County and also Lyman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buffalo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyman 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 Grosse
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grosse ...
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.
- Chamberlain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Council House
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Council House is located in Lyman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council House
- Crow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crow Creek is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Crow Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crow Lake is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Lake
- Eagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eagle is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
- Grandview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Lees Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lees Corner is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
- Lyonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lyonville is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonville
- Estimated population in 2014: 49 people
- Reliance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Grosse 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 Grosse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grosse and extending to:
- Chamberlain, which is the Seat of Brule County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Grosse to Pierre, with an average speed<3> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,228 miles [11,632.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,154 miles [8,294.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grosse) 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 Grosse 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 Grosse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9272, Longitude: -99.2865 In this case, the coordinates for Grosse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.602 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.955 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.198 degrees. |
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