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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 Lake Andes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Andes 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 Lake Andes:
- 43.155549, -98.535359
- 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 Lake Andes
- 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 Charles Mix County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles Mix County
- Since Lake Andes is near Gregory County and also Boyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gregory County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd 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 Lake Andes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Andes ...
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.
- Bonesteel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grandview ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
- Gross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gross is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
- Lynch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Holland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pickstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rosedale is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
How Far From Lake Andes to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Lake Andes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Andes and extending to:
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Andes to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,164 miles [8,310.7 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' (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- Lake Andes) 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 Lake Andes 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 Lake Andes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1555, Longitude: -98.5354 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Andes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.025 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.197 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.936 degrees. |
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