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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 Sand Creek Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sand Creek Crossing 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 Sand Creek Crossing:
- 44.413874, -104.096047
- 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 Sand Creek Crossing
- 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 Sand Creek Crossing is near Lawrence County and also Butte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Sand Creek Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sand Creek Crossing ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Crossing is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
- Carbonate ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carbonate is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
- Cheyenne Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cheyenne Crossing is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Crossing
- Ragged Top ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ragged Top is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragged Top
- Estimated population in 2014: 73 people
- Spearfish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sundance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Terry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Terry is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Trojan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Trojan is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
- Estimated population in 2014: 627 people
- Willow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Springs is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
How Far From Sand Creek Crossing 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 Sand Creek Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sand Creek Crossing and extending to:
- Sundance, which is the Seat of Crook County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sand Creek Crossing to Sundance, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 229 miles [368.5 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 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,439 miles [2,315.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,344 miles [11,819 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,297 miles [8,524.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Creek Crossing) 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 Sand Creek Crossing 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 Sand Creek Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4139, Longitude: -104.0960 In this case, the coordinates for Sand Creek Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.196 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.155 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.835 degrees. |
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