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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 Gerled, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gerled 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 Gerled:
- 43.385662, -94.187998
- 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 Gerled
- 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 Kossuth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kossuth County
- Since Gerled is near Faribault County and also Winnebago County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faribault County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago 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 Gerled
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gerled ...
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.
- Blue Earth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Dell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Frost
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Frost is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frost <1>
- German Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Granada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lakota
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakota is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Lone Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Pilot Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilot Grove is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Rake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rake is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
How Far From Gerled to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gerled to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gerled and extending to:
- Algona, which is the Seat of Kossuth County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Gerled to Algona, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 942 miles [1,516 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,088 miles [11,407 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gerled) 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 Gerled 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 Gerled. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3857, Longitude: -94.1880 In this case, the coordinates for Gerled have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.93 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.672 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.539 degrees. |
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