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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 Star Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Star Corner 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 Star Corner:
- 43.040270, -97.064216
- 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 Star Corner
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Star Corner is near Turner County and also Yankton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Turner County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yankton 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 Star Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Star Corner ...
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.
- Bluff Center ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bluff Center is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Center
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clay Point is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Point
- Gayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Hub City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hub City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Irene
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marshalltown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marshalltown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
- Mission Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Star Corner 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 community such as Star Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Star Corner once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Star Corner and extending to:
- Vermillion, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Star Corner to Vermillion, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,203 miles [11,592.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,116 miles [8,233.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Star Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Star Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Star Corner 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 Star Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0403, Longitude: -97.0642 In this case, the coordinates for Star Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.961 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.959 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.16 degrees. |
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