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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 Red Shirt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Shirt 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 Red Shirt:
- 43.667489, -102.898797
- 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 Red Shirt
- 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 Oglala Lakota County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oglala Lakota County
- Since Red Shirt is near Custer County and also Pennington 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 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 Red Shirt
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Shirt ...
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.
- Ajax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ajax is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Blue Bell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Bell is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bell
- Buffalo Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
- Green Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
- Murphy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Estimated population in 2014: 482 people
- Oral
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rapid Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rapid Valley is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapid Valley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,260 people
- Rockyford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockyford is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyford
- Scenic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Red Shirt 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 Red Shirt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Red Shirt and extending to:
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Red Shirt 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,375 miles [2,212.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 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 7,352 miles [11,831.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,293 miles [8,518.3 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- Red Shirt) 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 Red Shirt 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 Red Shirt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6675, Longitude: -102.8988 In this case, the coordinates for Red Shirt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.258 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.989 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.272 degrees. |
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