Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ivanhoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ivanhoe and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ivanhoe
- 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 Ivanhoe:
- 43.479143, -103.694917
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ivanhoe
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since Ivanhoe is near Fall River County and also Weston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fall River County
- eBird sighting report for Weston 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ivanhoe ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Ivanhoe.
Within South Dakota, the name Ivanhoe is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 27 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Ivanhoe.
- Shelby County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Shelby County and lies 1,157 miles [1,862 km] to the east southeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Ivanhoe.
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Illinois community of Ivanhoe [Cook County].
- Lake County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Lake County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the east of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Ivanhoe.
- Will County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Will County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km] to the east of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Ivanhoe.
- Indiana
- Lake County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Lake County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the east of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Ivanhoe.
- Marion County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Marion County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km] to the east of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Ivanhoe.
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Ivanhoe lies 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Ivanhoe lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the east of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Fannin County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Fannin County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Ivanhoe.
- Tyler County
- This Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km] to the south southeast of the Ivanhoe that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Ivanhoe.
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ivanhoe ...
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.
- Argyle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Blue Bell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Buffalo Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- Buffalo Gap is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo Gap <5>
- Dennis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Dewey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Dewey is located in Custer County
- Fourmile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Hot Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hot Springs is located in Fall River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,502 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <5>
- Igloo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Pringle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Pringle is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pringle <5>
- Rocky Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
- Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
How Far From Ivanhoe 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 Ivanhoe 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 community of Ivanhoe once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ivanhoe and extending to:
- Custer, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ivanhoe to Custer, with an average speed<6> 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 178 miles [286.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,386 miles [11,886.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,330 miles [8,577.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ivanhoe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ivanhoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4791, Longitude: -103.6949 In this case, the coordinates for Ivanhoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ivanhoe 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> | 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 Ivanhoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Ivanhoe to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.843 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.645 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.754 degrees. |