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 Valley View Estates:
45.654126, -97.124529
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 Valley View Estates
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 Roberts County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
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 Valley View Estates
Communities Also Named Valley View Estates ...
We found four communities that are also named Valley View Estates.
Within South Dakota, the name Valley View Estates is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Valley View Estates is located in Madison County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Valley View Estates that is located in Roberts County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Valley View Estates.
Maryland
Frederick County
This Valley View Estates is located in Frederick County and lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Valley View Estates that is located in Roberts County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Valley View Estates.
Texas
Hidalgo County
This Valley View Estates is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,344 miles [2,163 km]<1> to the south of the Valley View Estates that is located in Roberts County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Valley View Estates.
West Virginia
Putnam County
This Valley View Estates is located in Putnam County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Valley View Estates that is located in Roberts County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Valley View Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley View Estates ...
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.
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 community such as Valley View Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley View Estates and extending to:
Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Valley View Estates 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 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,995 miles [8,038.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Valley View Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Valley View Estates 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 Valley View Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6541, Longitude: -97.1245 In this case, the coordinates for Valley View Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.073 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.415 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.615 degrees.