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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 Whitewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitewood 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 Whitewood:
- 44.460901, -103.638348
- 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 Whitewood
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Whitewood is near Meade County and also Butte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meade County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte 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 Whitewood
Communities Also Named Whitewood ...
We found five communities that are also named Whitewood.
Within South Dakota, the name Whitewood is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Green County
- This Whitewood is located in Green County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Whitewood that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green County community of Whitewood.
- Michigan
- Wayne 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 Michigan community of Whitewood [Wayne County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Whitewood is located in Bucks County and lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<1> to the east of the Whitewood that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Whitewood.
- Saskatchewan
- This Whitewood lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the north of the Whitewood that is located in Lawrence County.
- Virginia
- Buchanan County
- This Whitewood is located in Buchanan County and lies 1,237 miles [1,990.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Whitewood that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Whitewood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitewood ...
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.
- Blacktail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blacktail is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
- Carterville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carterville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Centennial City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Centennial City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial City
- Crook City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Deadwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Galena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gayville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
- Lead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spearfish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Virginia ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Virginia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
How Far From Whitewood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Whitewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitewood and extending to:
- Deadwood, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Whitewood to Pierre, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,417 miles [2,280.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,563 miles [10,562.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,329 miles [11,794.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,279 miles [8,495.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Whitewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Whitewood 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Whitewood 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 Whitewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4609, Longitude: -103.6383 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.854 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.765 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.564 degrees. |
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