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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 Selby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Selby 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 Selby:
- 45.507389, -100.032202
- 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 Selby
- 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 Walworth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walworth County
- Since Selby is near Campbell County and also Edmunds County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edmunds 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 Selby
Communities Also Named Selby ...
We found six communities that are also named Selby.
Within South Dakota, the name Selby is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Contra Costa County
- This Selby is located in Contra Costa County and lies 1,248 miles [2,008.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Selby that is located in Walworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Selby.
- Idaho
- Camas County
- This Selby is located in Camas County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the west of the Selby that is located in Walworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camas County community of Selby.
- Indiana
- Kosciusko County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Selby [Kosciusko County].
- Ontario
- This Selby lies 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km]<1> to the east of the Selby that is located in Walworth County.
- Tennessee
- Putnam County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Selby [Putnam County].
- Texas
- McLennan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Selby [McLennan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Selby ...
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.
- Eureka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsview is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Hoven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Java
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mound City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pollock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Promise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Promise is located in Dewey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
- Snake Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Snake Creek is located in Corson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
How Far From Selby 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 city such as Selby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Selby and extending to:
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Selby to Pierre, with an average speed<5>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 1,256 miles [2,021.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,402 miles [10,303 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,104 miles [8,214.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Selby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Selby 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. |
| <3> | 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 Selby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Selby 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 Selby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5074, Longitude: -100.0322 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.204 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.835 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.30 degrees. |
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