exists and is an alternate of . Polaris is approximately 430 light years from the Sun. Owing to its fortuitous position aligned with the north pole of the Earth, Polaris is commonly used for navigation; a sextant reading of Polaris can, with a very minor correction, be read as the latitude of a ship.
Sturgis, South Dakota. Sturgis is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 6,627 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Meade County and is named after Union General Samuel D. Sturgis.
From there it passes several miles north and east of the tourist town of Deadwood before entering Meade County, going just to the west of Sturgis. Another concurrency is with South Dakota Highway 34 from exit 23 at Whitewood to exit 30, the west exit of Sturgis, where there starts a concurrency with SD 79. The freeway generally passes along the north and east edges of the Black Hills.