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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 Melrose Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Melrose Addition and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Melrose Addition:
    • 45.453309, -98.462872
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Melrose Addition
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Melrose Addition ...

We found one communities that share the name Melrose Addition.

Within South Dakota, the name Melrose Addition is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, there is another community also named Melrose Addition in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This Melrose Addition is located in Wood County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Melrose Addition that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Melrose Addition.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Melrose Addition ...

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.

  • Bath
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Craven
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
    • Craven is located in Edmunds County
  • Craven Corner
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven Corner
    • Craven Corner is located in Edmunds County
  • Frederick
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • James
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
    • James is located in Brown County
  • Randolph
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
    • Randolph is located in Brown County
  • Rudolph
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rudolph have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
    • Rudolph is located in Brown County

How Far From Melrose Addition 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 community such as Melrose Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Aberdeen, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Melrose Addition to Pierre, with an average speed<4>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 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,052 miles [8,130.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Melrose Addition. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Brown County: www.brown.sd.us/

The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Melrose Addition) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Melrose Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4533, Longitude: -98.4629       In this case, the coordinates for Melrose Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Melrose Addition to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.046 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.503 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.418 degrees.









 

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