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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 Jolly Dump, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jolly Dump 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 Jolly Dump:
- 44.593595, -103.867982
- 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 Jolly Dump
- 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 Butte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Since Jolly Dump is near Lawrence County and also Crook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crook 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 Jolly Dump
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jolly Dump ...
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.
- Aladdin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Beaver Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Crossing is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
- Blacktail
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Blacktail is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
- Carbonate ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carbonate is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
- Centennial City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial City
- Crook City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crook City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook City
- Deadwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Fruitdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gayville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gayville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
- Jolly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jolly is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Lead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Ragged Top ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ragged Top is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragged Top
- Estimated population in 2014: 73 people
- Sand Creek Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Creek Crossing is located in Crook County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek Crossing
- Spearfish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trojan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Trojan is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
- Estimated population in 2014: 627 people
How Far From Jolly Dump 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 Jolly Dump to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jolly Dump and extending to:
- Belle Fourche, which is the Seat of Butte County, lies just to the North.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Jolly Dump to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,562 miles [10,560.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,280 miles [8,497.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jolly Dump) 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 Jolly Dump 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 Jolly Dump. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5936, Longitude: -103.8680 In this case, the coordinates for Jolly Dump have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.033 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.986 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.674 degrees. |
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