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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 Schmidt Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Schmidt Landing 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 Schmidt Landing:
- 45.379686, -96.560894
- 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 Schmidt Landing
- 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 Roberts County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roberts County
- Since Schmidt Landing is near Big Stone County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Big Stone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Schmidt Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Schmidt Landing ...
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.
- Barry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Barry is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Big Stone City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Stone Colony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Big Stone Colony is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone Colony
- Bonanza Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza Grove is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Grove
- Cashtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cashtown is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
- Hiawatha Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hiawatha Beach is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha Beach
- Shady Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Beach is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
- Yankeetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yankeetown is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown
How Far From Schmidt Landing 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 community such as Schmidt Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Schmidt Landing and extending to:
- Sisseton, which is the Seat of Roberts County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Schmidt Landing to Sisseton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,065 miles [11,370 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,988 miles [8,027.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Schmidt Landing) 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 Schmidt Landing 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 Schmidt Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3797, Longitude: -96.5609 In this case, the coordinates for Schmidt Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.659 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.908 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.363 degrees. |
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