Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prairie City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prairie City
- 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 Prairie City:
- 45.529713, -102.804329
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prairie City
- 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 Perkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Perkins County
- Since Prairie City is near Harding County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Harding 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Prairie City ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Prairie City.
Within South Dakota, the name Prairie City is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sacramento County
- This Prairie City is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Prairie City that is located in Perkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Prairie City.
- Illinois
- McDonough County
- This Prairie City is located in McDonough County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Prairie City that is located in Perkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonough County community of Prairie City.
- Indiana
- Clay County
- This Prairie City is located in Clay County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Prairie City that is located in Perkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Prairie City.
- Iowa
- Jasper County
- This Prairie City is located in Jasper County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Prairie City that is located in Perkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Prairie City.
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Douglas County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Prairie City.
- Osage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Prairie City [Osage County].
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Prairie City [Shawnee County].
- Missouri
- Bates County
- This Prairie City is located in Bates County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Prairie City that is located in Perkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Prairie City.
- Clay County
- Although located in Clay County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Prairie City.
- Daviess County
- Although located in Daviess County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Prairie City.
- Oregon
- Grant County
- This Prairie City is located in Grant County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the west of the Prairie City that is located in Perkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Prairie City.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie City ...
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.
- Bison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bison have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Bison is located in Perkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bison <5>
- Bixby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Chance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Date
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Lodgepole
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodgepole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodgepole
- Lodgepole is located in Perkins County
- Estimated population in 2014: 35 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodgepole <5>
- Meadow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Meadow is located in Perkins County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meadow <5>
- Ralph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Ralph is located in Harding County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ralph <5>
How Far From Prairie City 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 Prairie City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie City and extending to:
- Bison, which is the Seat of Perkins County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie City to Bison, with an average speed<6> 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 five to six hours.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,387 miles [2,232.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,479 miles [10,426.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,198 miles [8,365.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Prairie City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5297, Longitude: -102.8043 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Prairie City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Prairie City could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Prairie City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.273 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.214 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.895 degrees. |