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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 Huffton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huffton 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 Huffton:
- 45.616346, -98.093158
- 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 Huffton
- 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 Huffton is near Marshall County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Huffton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Huffton ...
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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frederick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frisby ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frisby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisby
- James
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- James is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Kidder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kidder is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Randolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Rudolph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rudolph is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Spain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spain is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
How Far From Huffton 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 Huffton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Huffton and extending to:
- Aberdeen, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Huffton to Aberdeen, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 140 miles [225.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,101 miles [11,428 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Huffton) 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 Huffton 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 Huffton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6163, Longitude: -98.0932 In this case, the coordinates for Huffton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.779 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.217 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.172 degrees. |
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