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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 Twin Brooks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin Brooks and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Twin Brooks:
    • 45.204960, -96.779886
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Twin Brooks
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Twin Brooks ...

We found five communities that share the name Twin Brooks.

Within South Dakota, the name Twin Brooks is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Twin Brooks is located in Lauderdale County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Twin Brooks that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Twin Brooks.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Twin Brooks is located in Marion County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Twin Brooks that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Twin Brooks.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Twin Brooks is located in Henderson County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the southeast of the Twin Brooks that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Twin Brooks.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York 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 Pennsylvania community of Twin Brooks [York County].
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Twin Brooks is located in Spartanburg County and lies 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Twin Brooks that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Twin Brooks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Brooks ...

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.

  • Big Stone City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Stone City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone City
    • Big Stone City is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Stone City <4>
  • Bonanza Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Grove
    • Bonanza Grove is located in Big Stone County (MN)
  • Cashtown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cashtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
    • Cashtown is located in Big Stone County (MN)
  • Hiawatha Beach
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiawatha Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha Beach
    • Hiawatha Beach is located in Roberts County
  • Marvin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Shady Beach
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
    • Shady Beach is located in Roberts County
  • Strandburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Yankeetown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankeetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown
    • Yankeetown is located in Big Stone County (MN)

How Far From Twin Brooks to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twin Brooks and extending to:

  • Milbank, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies just to the East.
  • Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Twin Brooks to Pierre, with an average speed<5>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 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,004 miles [8,053.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Twin Brooks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Twin Brooks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Twin Brooks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2050, Longitude: -96.7799    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Twin Brooks 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Twin Brooks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.815 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.064 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.527 degrees.




 

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