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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 Sorum Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sorum Addition 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 Sorum Addition:
- 43.651086, -96.713383
- 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 Sorum Addition
- 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 Minnehaha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Minnehaha County
- Since Sorum Addition is near Lincoln County and also Lyon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon 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 Sorum Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sorum Addition ...
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.
- Baltic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crooks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dell Rapids
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Granite
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Granite is located in Lyon County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Harrisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lyons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Manley is located in Rock County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- Skyline Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Skyline Heights is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
- Split Rock Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Split Rock Heights is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 216 people
- Tea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
How Far From Sorum Addition 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 Sorum Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sorum Addition and extending to:
- Sioux Falls, which is the Seat of Minnehaha County, lies just to the South.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sorum Addition to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,403 miles [10,304.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,160 miles [11,522.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sorum Addition) 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 Sorum Addition 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 Sorum Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6511, Longitude: -96.7134 In this case, the coordinates for Sorum Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.73 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.771 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.84 degrees. |
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