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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 Ladner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ladner 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 Ladner:
- 45.827305, -103.727989
- 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 Ladner
- 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 Harding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harding County
- Since Ladner is near Carter County and also Fallon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fallon 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 Ladner
Communities Also Named Ladner ...
We found one communities that are also named Ladner.
Within South Dakota, the name Ladner is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, there is another community also named Ladner in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Ladner lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ladner that is located in Harding County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ladner ...
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.
- Buffalo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Crook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Griffin is located in Bowman County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Knobs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knobs is located in Fallon County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobs
- Mill Iron
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mill Iron is located in Carter County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Iron
How Far From Ladner to ...
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 Ladner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ladner and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Harding County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ladner to Buffalo, 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 192 miles [309 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,435 miles [2,309.4 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 6,488 miles [10,441.4 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 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,214 miles [8,391.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ladner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ladner 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 Ladner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8273, Longitude: -103.7280 In this case, the coordinates for Ladner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.982 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.062 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.381 degrees. |
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