Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Spearfish, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spearfish and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Spearfish

• 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 Spearfish:
  • 44.488873, -103.847703
  • 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 Spearfish

• 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Since Spearfish is near Butte County and also Crook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crook 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 Spearfish

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spearfish ...

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.

• Beaver Crossing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaver Crossing is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
• Blacktail
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Blacktail is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
• Carbonate ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Carbonate is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
• Crook City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Crook City is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook City
• Deadwood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Deadwood is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,294 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deadwood <1>
• Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabethtown is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
• Gayville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gayville is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
• Jolly
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jolly is located in Butte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
• Jolly Dump
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jolly Dump is located in Butte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Dump
• Lead
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lead is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,947 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lead <1>
• Ragged Top ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Ragged Top is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragged Top
  • Estimated population in 2014: 73 people
• Terry
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Terry is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
• Trojan
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Trojan is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
  • Estimated population in 2014: 627 people

How Far From Spearfish to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Spearfish to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spearfish and extending to:

• Deadwood, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Spearfish to Deadwood, 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 172 miles [276.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,428 miles [2,298.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,333 miles [11,801.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,285 miles [8,505.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'