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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 Oahe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oahe 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 Oahe:
- 44.457758, -100.530972
- 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 Oahe
- 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 Hughes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hughes County
- Since Oahe is near Stanley County and also Sully County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stanley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sully 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 Oahe
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oahe ...
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.
- Blunt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Canning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Canning is located in Hughes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canning
- Gray Goose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gray Goose is located in Hughes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Goose
- Lacy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lacy is located in Stanley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Estimated population in 2014: 66 people
How Far From Oahe 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 Oahe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oahe and extending to:
- Pierre, which is the Seat of Hughes County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oahe to Pierre, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,238 miles [11,648.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,172 miles [8,323.5 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 '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- Oahe) 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 Oahe 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 Oahe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4578, Longitude: -100.5310 In this case, the coordinates for Oahe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.537 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.094 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.792 degrees. |
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