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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 Lennox, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lennox 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 Lennox:
    • 43.352759, -96.896717
    • 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 Lennox
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Lennox is near Turner County and also Minnehaha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Turner County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Minnehaha 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 Lennox

Communities Also Named Lennox ...

We found five communities that are also named Lennox.

Within South Dakota, the name Lennox is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Lennox is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lennox that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Lennox.
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lennox [Carroll County].
    • Minnesota
      • Crow Wing County
      • This Lennox is located in Crow Wing County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lennox that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crow Wing County community of Lennox.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Lennox lies 1,759 miles [2,830.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lennox that is located in Lincoln County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Oneida County
      • This Lennox is located in Oneida County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lennox that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Lennox.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lennox ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Chancellor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Granite
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Granite is located in Lyon County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • Harrisburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hooker
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hooker is located in Turner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Marion
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Naomi
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Naomi is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi
  • Pumpkin Center
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Minnehaha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
    • Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
  • Skyline Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Skyline Heights is located in Minnehaha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
  • Split Rock Heights
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Split Rock Heights is located in Minnehaha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 216 people
  • Tea
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tea is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,405 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tea <3>

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

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lennox to Canton, with an average speed<4> 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lennox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Lennox 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Lennox 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 Lennox. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3528, Longitude: -96.8967       In this case, the coordinates for Lennox have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.852 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.873 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.003 degrees.