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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 Angus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Angus 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 Angus:
    • 48.081085, -96.703118
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Angus
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Angus ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Angus.

Within Minnesota, the name Angus is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Irwin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Angus [Irwin County].
    • Iowa
      • Boone County
      • This Angus is located in Boone County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Angus that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Angus.
    • Missouri
      • Butler County
      • This Angus is located in Butler County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Angus that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Angus.
    • Nebraska
      • Nuckolls County
      • This Angus is located in Nuckolls County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<2> to the south of the Angus that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nuckolls County community of Angus.
    • New Mexico
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Angus [Lincoln County].
    • New York
      • Yates County
      • This Angus is located in Yates County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Angus that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Angus.
    • Ohio
      • Seneca County
      • This Angus is located in Seneca County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Angus that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Angus.
    • Ontario
      • This Angus lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Angus that is located in Polk County.
    • Quebec
      • This Angus lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<2> to the east of the Angus that is located in Polk County.
    • Texas
      • Navarro County
      • This Angus is located in Navarro County and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<2> to the south of the Angus that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Angus.
    • Wisconsin
      • Barron County
      • This Angus is located in Barron County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Angus that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barron County community of Angus.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Angus ...

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.

  • Argyle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Carpenters Corner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpenters Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner
    • Carpenters Corner is located in Pennington County
  • Dorothy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorothy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
    • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
  • Euclid
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Euclid is located in Polk County
  • Freeman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Freeman is located in Polk County
  • Luna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luna have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
    • Luna is located in Marshall County
  • Mallory
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallory have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
    • Mallory is located in Polk County
  • March
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for March have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March
    • March is located in Marshall County
  • Radium
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Radium have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
    • Radium is located in Marshall County
  • Viking
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
    • Viking is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people

How Far From Angus 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 Angus to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Angus and extending to:

  • Crookston, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Angus to Crookston, with an average speed<6> 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 most of a day.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 275 miles [442.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Angus. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Angus 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.
<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- Angus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Angus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0811, Longitude: -96.7031       In this case, the coordinates for Angus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Angus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>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.
<7>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 Angus to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.772 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.38 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.768 degrees.









 

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