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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 Wessington Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wessington Springs 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 Wessington Springs:
- 44.081949, -98.570900
- 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 Wessington Springs
- 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 Jerauld County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jerauld County
- Since Wessington Springs is near Sanborn County and also Beadle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanborn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beadle 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 Wessington Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wessington Springs ...
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.
- Crow Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forestburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- James Valley Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lyonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lyonville is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonville
- Estimated population in 2014: 49 people
- Sweetland ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetland is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
How Far From Wessington Springs 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 Wessington Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wessington Springs and extending to:
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wessington Springs to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wessington Springs) 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 Wessington Springs 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 Wessington Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0819, Longitude: -98.5709 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.086 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.381 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.77 degrees. |
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