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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 Ree Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ree Heights 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 Ree Heights:
- 44.514686, -99.200382
- 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 Ree Heights
- 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 Hand County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hand County
- Since Ree Heights is near Hyde County and also Beadle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hyde County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beadle 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 Ree Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ree Heights ...
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.
- Florence ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Florence is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Estimated population in 2014: 374 people
- Highmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Holabird
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lees Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lees Corner is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
- Polo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Polo is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Estimated population in 2014: 227 people
- Sweetland ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetland is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
How Far From Ree Heights 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 Ree Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ree Heights and extending to:
- Miller, which is the Seat of Hand County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Ree Heights to Miller, 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 57 miles [91.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,194 miles [11,577.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,123 miles [8,244.7 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Ree Heights) 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 Ree Heights 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 Ree Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5147, Longitude: -99.2004 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.56 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.978 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.032 degrees. |
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