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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 Saint Francis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Francis and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Saint Francis:
    • 43.144859, -100.903732
    • 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 Saint Francis
  • 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 Saint Francis ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Saint Francis.

Within South Dakota, the name Saint Francis is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Saint Francis lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
    • Arkansas
      • Clay County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Clay County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Saint Francis.
      • Cross County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Saint Francis [Cross County].
    • California
      • Santa Clara County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Santa Clara County and lies 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Saint Francis.
    • Florida
      • Lake County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Lake County and lies 1,453 miles [2,338.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Saint Francis.
    • Kansas
      • Brown County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Brown County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Saint Francis.
      • Cheyenne County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Cheyenne County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Saint Francis.
      • Marion 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 Saint Francis [Marion County].
    • Kentucky
      • Marion County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Marion County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Saint Francis.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,571 miles [2,528.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Saint Francis.
    • Minnesota
      • Anoka County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Anoka County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anoka County community of Saint Francis.
      • Benton 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 Minnesota community of Saint Francis [Benton County].
      • Stearns County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Stearns County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km] to the east northeast of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Saint Francis.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Saint Francis [Hamilton County].
    • Texas
      • Potter County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Potter County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the south of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Saint Francis.
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Milwaukee County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the east of the Saint Francis that is located in Todd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Saint Francis.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Francis ...

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.

  • Antelope
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
    • Antelope is located in Todd County
  • Lakeview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Todd County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 799 people
  • Mission
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosebud
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Soldier Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soldier Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Creek
    • Soldier Creek is located in Todd County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 227 people
  • Spring Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek is located in Todd County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 122 people
  • Two Strike
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Strike have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Strike
    • Two Strike is located in Todd County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 209 people
  • White Horse
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
    • White Horse is located in Todd County

How Far From Saint Francis 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 Saint Francis to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Francis and extending to:

  • Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Francis to Pierre, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,272 miles [2,047.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,321 miles [11,782 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,249 miles [8,447.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saint Francis. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Francis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Francis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1449, Longitude: -100.9037    
<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 Saint Francis, 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 Saint Francis 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 Saint Francis 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 323.752 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.188 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.242 degrees.




 

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