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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 Novak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Novak 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 Novak:
- 44.216375, -103.551858
- 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 Novak
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Novak is near Meade County and also Pennington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meade County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pennington 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 Novak
Curious and Interesting Names Near Novak ...
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.
- Benchmark
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Benchmark is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark
- Carwye ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carwye is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carwye
- Diamond City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Galena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Galena is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Greenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood has also been known as:
- Laflin
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,264 people
- Mystic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mystic is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Nemo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
- Summerset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tomahawk
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tomahawk is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Estimated population in 2014: 36 people
- Virginia ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
How Far From Novak 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 Novak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Novak and extending to:
- Deadwood, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Novak to Deadwood, with an average speed<3> 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 158 miles [254.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,411 miles [2,270.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 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 7,340 miles [11,812.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,288 miles [8,510.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Novak) 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 Novak 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 Novak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2164, Longitude: -103.5519 In this case, the coordinates for Novak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.776 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.648 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.554 degrees. |
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