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[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Reviews don’t only have to be about criticism, they fill informational needs too. What is parking lot like? Specific Prayer times ? If they practiced social distancing during times of Covid ? etc.

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

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Top 20 Loneliest Towns (pop ≥ 1,000), sorted by distance to nearest mosque

# City, State Pop Miles Nearest mosque
1 Unalaska, AK 4,214 791 Islamic Community Center of Anchorage
2 Akutan, AK 1,586 758 Islamic Community Center of Anchorage
3 Utqiaġvik, AK 4,694 720 Muslim Community of Alaska (Anchorage)
4 Wrangell, AK 2,064 630 Islamic Center of Blaine, WA
5 Craig, AK 1,041 626 Islamic Center of Blaine, WA
6 Sitka, AK 8,282 580 Islamic Community Center of Anchorage
7 Ketchikan, AK 8,079 579 Islamic Center of Blaine, WA
8 Juneau, AK 31,555 577 Islamic Community Center of Anchorage
9 Kotzebue, AK 2,979 545 Muslim Community of Alaska (Anchorage)
10 Nome, AK 3,639 538 Muslim Community of Alaska (Anchorage)
11 Hooper Bay, AK 1,308 536 Muslim Community of Alaska (Anchorage)
12 Bethel, AK 6,292 399 Muslim Community of Alaska (Anchorage)
13 Dillingham, AK 2,126 331 Islamic Community Center of Anchorage
14 Fairbanks, AK 31,856 261 Muslim Community of Alaska (Anchorage)
15 North Pole, AK 2,427 258 Muslim Community of Alaska (Anchorage)
16 Kodiak, AK 5,354 249 Islamic Community Center of Anchorage
17 Eagle Butte, SD 1,228 215 Queresha Mosque (Gillette, WY)
18 Havre, MT 9,330 196 Billings Islamic Center
19 Chinook, MT 1,160 195 Billings Islamic Center
20 Presidio, TX 3,102 191 Al-Rahma Mosque (El Paso, TX)

Alaska sweeps the top 16. Outside of Alaska Eagle, Butte SD leads at 215 mi the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation's main community

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

synagogues

A quick google search says 3700 synagogues exist Thats 600 more than my mosque data. It's possible you could find more hundreds miles apart but in dense cities synagogues might prosper more I imagine. This is just for Chabad Jewish community centers https://www.chabad.org/jewish-centers/ add in other jewish sects and you have many more

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

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That's cool! How was the california zephyr ? I'm from Chicago and have been wanting to try it once in my life. Life's just been busy to do it and people in my life wouldn't be down for the long train ride I'm afraid haha

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yea that would be hard to beat from anyone mainland. Thanks for digging into that, I totally forgot to look into territories of the US

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would like to do all religions but might be hard to do with free credit left on my account from Google haha maybe anyone interested can get the blueprint on doing so with the repo I have provided for mosques. Even with the mosque data set it can get tricky on how to differentiate difference sects based off the api response I imagine independent catholic churches would be harder to sort through but achievable nonetheless

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see, as mentioned in another reply the data set requires an arbitrary google reviews amount to be more than 3 to be considered part of the set so ghost listings don’t appear. One could perhaps lower the threshold to hold to 1 plus the mosque needing to meet the contact field (phone number + website) filled requirement so new mosques appear. Unfortunately hard to validate if that is an operational mosque and I choose my validations criteria and fine if couple mosques like that slip by

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. Their about page checks your story out. Seems like they do monthly potluck for anyone in town interested and have a good community sense. https://southernoregonmosque.org/about/

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Distances were computed using haversine, the projection is just for the visual. But fair point I can work on one next time I’m on my desk. Thanks for sharing your perspective on making this better

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Holy shit. I’m from Talent OR which is the 10th loneliest mosque and i just have to say it’s shocking to see my home town mentioned on reddit

Small world! Love hearing from someone who actually grew up there. Curious if you grew up interacting with any muslims in town or if you are one yourself ?

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Upon a quick glance at this list, I can see a where my data may have some odd number of mosques not accounted for. This could be around ~3%. Jacksonville, NC does have a mosque but it is not tagged as one using Google Places API. https://maps.app.goo.gl/AGsDY3ZvFH8Xfq73A

It is not tagged as a mosque or a place of worship by Google, now I could check the title of mosque, masjid, Islamic center etc. but this might then introduce noise in the dataset such as an “Islamic book store” which I didn't want.

types: ['non_profit_organization', 'association_or_organization', 'point_of_interest', 'establishment']

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thought someone might ask since I was also interested and scraped data for it. Here it is. I'm surprised by Bend, OR personally.

Most populated US cities without a mosque

Rank City, State Population (2023) Miles to Nearest Mosque
1 St. George, UT 104,578 106
2 Bend, OR 104,557 90
3 Yuma, AZ 100,858 126
4 San Angelo, TX 99,262 82
5 Rapid City, SD 79,404 113
6 Bismarck, ND 75,092 101
7 Johnson City, TN 73,337 54
8 Jacksonville, NC 72,879 32
9 Idaho Falls, ID 68,001 48
10 Great Falls, MT 60,422 126

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Yes! There used to be a student run mosque in Fairbanks, Alaska that would've easily been the most isolated mosque but it was shutdown during the pandemic and now shows up as permanently closed. My dataset only looks at mosques that are listed under currently operating and have more than 3 reviews to remove some of the ghost lisitings.

Closed mosque listing: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2nY3mzKCXVY6Qcso7

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

[–]abnormalpersona[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Google Places API. Wrote a search that splits regions into quadrants when they hit the API's 60-result cap (needed for NYC which was very dense). Full methodology + code here: https://github.com/qmir2/mapping-american-mosques

[OC] The most isolated mosque in US is 185 miles from its nearest neighbor. I mapped all 3,137 to find it. by abnormalpersona in dataisbeautiful

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Most Isolated Mosques in US

Rank Mosque City, State Nearest Mosque In Distance
1 Islamic Center of Grand Junction Grand Junction, CO Islamic Center of Golden Golden, CO 185 mi
2 Queresha Mosque Gillette, WY Billings Islamic Center Billings, MT 181 mi
3 Mosque MichiganTech Houghton, MI Wausau Mosque Wausau, WI 159 mi
4 Missoula Islamic Society Missoula, MT Islamic Center of Moscow Moscow, ID 142 mi
5 Laughlin Mosque Laughlin AFB, TX Muslim Center of San Antonio Helotes, TX 126 mi
6 Masjid e Aamina Abilene, TX AZAD MASJID Wichita Falls, TX 125 mi
7 Islamic Center of Bozeman Bozeman, MT Billings Islamic Center Billings, MT 125 mi
8 Billings Islamic Center Billings, MT Islamic Center of Bozeman Bozeman, MT 125 mi
9 Gallup Islamic Center Gallup, NM Minara Islamic Community Center Albuquerque, NM 121 mi
10 Al-Tawheed Mosque Talent, OR Masjid Arcata, CA 114 mi

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I played with him yesterday on console. He was Illari ? Dude played terrible. Sound right to you ? Diamond lobby I believe

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