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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 Thunder Butte, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thunder Butte 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 Thunder Butte:
- 45.212756, -101.670152
- 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 Thunder Butte
- 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 Ziebach County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ziebach County
- Since Thunder Butte is near Dewey County and also Meade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dewey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meade 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 Thunder Butte
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thunder Butte ...
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.
- Chase
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chase is located in Ziebach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Coal Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Springs is located in Perkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Springs
- Eagle Butte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Faith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glad Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Green Grass
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Green Grass is located in Dewey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grass
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35 people
- Iron Lightning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Iron Lightning is located in Ziebach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Lightning
- Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
- Red Elm ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Elm is located in Ziebach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Elm
How Far From Thunder Butte 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 Thunder Butte to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Thunder Butte and extending to:
- Dupree, which is the Seat of Ziebach County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Thunder Butte to Dupree, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,329 miles [2,138.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,175 miles [8,328.4 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 from Point A (ie- Thunder Butte) 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 Thunder Butte 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 Thunder Butte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2128, Longitude: -101.6702 In this case, the coordinates for Thunder Butte have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.411 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.187 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.298 degrees. |
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