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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 Pickstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pickstown 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 Pickstown:
- 43.067323, -98.531966
- 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 Pickstown
- 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 Charles Mix County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles Mix County
- Since Pickstown is near Gregory County and also Boyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gregory County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd 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 Pickstown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pickstown ...
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.
- Bonesteel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Andes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lynch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paddock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Paddock is located in Holt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Redbird
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rosedale is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
How Far From Pickstown 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 town such as Pickstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pickstown and extending to:
- Lake Andes, which is the Seat of Charles Mix County, lies just to the North.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Pickstown to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,153 miles [1,855.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,250 miles [11,667.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 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 from Point A (ie- Pickstown) 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 Pickstown 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 Pickstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0673, Longitude: -98.5320 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.018 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.179 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.951 degrees. |
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