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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 Nihart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nihart 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 Nihart:
- 43.656371, -103.591028
- 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 Nihart
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since Nihart is near Pennington County and also Fall River County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pennington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fall River 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 Nihart
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nihart ...
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.
- Argyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Blue Bell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Bell is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bell
- Buffalo Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clara Belle Camp ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clara Belle Camp is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Belle Camp
- Fourmile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fourmile is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
- Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
- Hot Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
- Junction Ranger Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pringle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Nihart 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 community such as Nihart to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nihart and extending to:
- Custer, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies just to the North.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Nihart to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,410 miles [2,269.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,608 miles [10,634.5 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 7,373 miles [11,865.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,318 miles [8,558.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nihart) 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 Nihart 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 Nihart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6564, Longitude: -103.5910 In this case, the coordinates for Nihart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.775 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.586 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.667 degrees. |
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