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 Kennedyville:
43.923042, -103.524081
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 Kennedyville
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 Pennington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found one communities that are also named Kennedyville.
Within South Dakota, the name Kennedyville is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, there is another community also named Kennedyville in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Kent County
This Kennedyville is located in Kent County and lies 1,449 miles [2,331.9 km]<1> to the east of the Kennedyville that is located in Pennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Kennedyville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kennedyville ...
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.
Clara Belle Camp ‑ Historic (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kennedyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kennedyville and extending to:
Rapid City, which is the Seat of Pennington County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kennedyville to Rapid City, 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 five to six hours.
Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,408 miles [2,266 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 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 7,356 miles [11,838.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,302 miles [8,532.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Kennedyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Kennedyville 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 Kennedyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9230, Longitude: -103.5241 In this case, the coordinates for Kennedyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.74 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.574 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.586 degrees.