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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 Aladdin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aladdin 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 Aladdin:
- 44.639773, -104.182364
- 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 Aladdin
- 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 Crook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crook County
- Since Aladdin is near Butte County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Aladdin
Communities Also Named Aladdin ...
We found six communities that are also named Aladdin.
Within Wyoming, the name Aladdin is unique.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Pike County
- This Aladdin is located in Pike County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Aladdin that is located in Crook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Aladdin.
- Indiana
- Madison 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 Indiana community of Aladdin [Madison County].
- Iowa
- Black Hawk 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 Iowa community of Aladdin [Black Hawk County].
- Kansas
- Douglas 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 Kansas community of Aladdin [Douglas County].
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Aladdin is located in Armstrong County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<1> to the east of the Aladdin that is located in Crook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Aladdin.
- Washington
- Stevens County
- This Aladdin is located in Stevens County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Aladdin that is located in Crook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stevens County community of Aladdin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aladdin ...
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.
- Beaver Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Crossing is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
- Carbonate ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Fruitdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jolly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jolly is located in Butte County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Jolly Dump
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jolly Dump is located in Butte County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Dump
- Sand Creek Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Creek Crossing is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek Crossing
- Spearfish
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sundance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Springs is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
How Far From Aladdin 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 Aladdin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Aladdin and extending to:
- Sundance, which is the Seat of Crook County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Aladdin to Sundance, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 244 miles [392.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,445 miles [2,325.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 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 7,334 miles [11,802.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,288 miles [8,510.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aladdin) 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 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 Aladdin 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 Aladdin 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 Aladdin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6398, Longitude: -104.1824 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.273 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.268 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.848 degrees. |
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