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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 Jamesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jamesville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Jamesville:
    • 43.102772, -97.483675
    • 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 Jamesville
  • 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 Jamesville ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Jamesville.

Within South Dakota, the name Jamesville is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bibb County
      • This Jamesville is located in Bibb County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Jamesville that is located in Yankton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Jamesville.
      • Lee County
      • This Jamesville is located in Lee County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km] to the southeast of the Jamesville that is located in Yankton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Jamesville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Jamesville [Worcester County].
    • Missouri
      • Stone County
      • This Jamesville is located in Stone County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Jamesville that is located in Yankton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Jamesville.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Jamesville is located in Onondaga County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<1> to the east of the Jamesville that is located in Yankton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Jamesville.
    • North Carolina
      • Martin County
      • This Jamesville is located in Martin County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Jamesville that is located in Yankton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Jamesville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Jamesville lies 1,797 miles [2,892 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jamesville that is located in Yankton County.
    • Oklahoma
      • Muskogee County
      • This Jamesville is located in Muskogee County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the south of the Jamesville that is located in Yankton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskogee County community of Jamesville.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Jamesville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Northampton County
      • This Jamesville is located in Northampton County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<1> to the east of the Jamesville that is located in Yankton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Jamesville.
    • Virginia
      • Northampton County
      • This Jamesville is located in Northampton County and lies 1,194 miles [1,921.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Jamesville that is located in Yankton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Jamesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jamesville ...

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.

  • Freeman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Irene
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irene have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
    • Irene is located in Turner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irene <4>
  • Lesterville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lesterville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesterville
    • Lesterville is located in Yankton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lesterville <4>
  • Maxwell Colony
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Colony
    • Maxwell Colony is located in Hutchinson County
  • Mission Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Scotland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
    • Scotland is located in Bon Homme County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotland <4>
  • Spring Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Turner County
  • Turkey Ridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Ridge
    • Turkey Ridge is located in Turner County
  • Wolf Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
    • Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 195 people

How Far From Jamesville 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 Jamesville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jamesville and extending to:

  • Yankton, which is the Seat of Yankton County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jamesville to Yankton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 166 miles [267.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,214 miles [11,609.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jamesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yankton County: www.co.yankton.sd.us/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jamesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jamesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1028, Longitude: -97.4837       In this case, the coordinates for Jamesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Jamesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Jamesville 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<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 Jamesville 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 321.264 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.316 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.374 degrees.




 

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