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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 Wounded Knee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wounded Knee 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 Wounded Knee:
- 43.140761, -102.366133
- 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 Wounded Knee
- 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 Oglala Lakota County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oglala Lakota County
- Since Wounded Knee is near Sheridan County and also Bennett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sheridan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bennett 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 Wounded Knee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wounded Knee ...
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.
- Allen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Irwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin is located in Cherry County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Pine Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plenty Bears
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plenty Bears is located in Bennett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plenty Bears
- Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
- Porcupine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockyford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Slim Butte
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Slim Butte is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim Butte
- Swett ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Wounded Knee 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 community such as Wounded Knee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wounded Knee and extending to:
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Wounded Knee to Pierre, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,346 miles [2,166.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,365 miles [11,852.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wounded Knee) 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 Wounded Knee 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 Wounded Knee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1408, Longitude: -102.3661 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.832 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.437 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.058 degrees. |
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