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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 Oelrichs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oelrichs 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 Oelrichs:
- 43.181365, -103.233531
- 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 Oelrichs
- 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 Fall River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fall River County
- Since Oelrichs is near Custer County and also Oglala Lakota County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oglala Lakota 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 Oelrichs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oelrichs ...
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.
- Buffalo Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dakota Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dakota Junction is located in Dawes County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Junction
- Horn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Horn is located in Dawes County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn
- Hot Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
- Oral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
- Slim Butte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Slim Butte is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim Butte
How Far From Oelrichs 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 town such as Oelrichs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oelrichs and extending to:
- Hot Springs, which is the Seat of Fall River County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oelrichs to Hot Springs, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 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 7,389 miles [11,891.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,329 miles [8,576.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oelrichs) 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 Oelrichs 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 Oelrichs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1814, Longitude: -103.2335 In this case, the coordinates for Oelrichs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.48 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.539 degrees. |
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