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 Marksville:
45.069429, -100.377356
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 Marksville
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 Dewey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Marksville.
Within South Dakota, the name Marksville is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish
This Marksville is located in Avoyelles Parish and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Marksville that is located in Dewey County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avoyelles Parish community of Marksville.
Mississippi
Holmes County
This Marksville is located in Holmes County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Marksville that is located in Dewey County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Marksville.
Virginia
Page County
This Marksville is located in Page County and lies 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Marksville that is located in Dewey County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Marksville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marksville ...
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.
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 community such as Marksville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marksville and extending to:
Timber Lake, which is the Seat of Dewey County, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Marksville to Timber Lake, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Marksville) 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.
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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 Marksville 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 Marksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0694, Longitude: -100.3774 In this case, the coordinates for Marksville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.446 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.061 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.586 degrees.