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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 Albertville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Albertville 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 Albertville:
- 45.236404, -93.661318
- 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 Albertville
- 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 Wright County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wright County
- Since Albertville is near Hennepin County and also Sherburne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hennepin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sherburne 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 Albertville
Communities Also Named Albertville ...
We found five communities that are also named Albertville.
Within Minnesota, the name Albertville is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marshall County
- This Albertville is located in Marshall County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Albertville that is located in Wright County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Albertville.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Albertville.
- Quebec
- This Albertville lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Albertville that is located in Wright County.
- Saskatchewan
- This Albertville lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Albertville that is located in Wright County.
- Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- This Albertville is located in Chippewa County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the east of the Albertville that is located in Wright County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Albertville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Albertville ...
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.
- Big Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elk River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,058 people
- Independence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Independence is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,786 people
- Lake Sarah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Sarah is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sarah
- Maple Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nowthen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nowthen is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowthen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,732 people
- Rogers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Albertville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Albertville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Albertville and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Wright County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Albertville to Buffalo, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 955 miles [1,536.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Albertville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Albertville 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Albertville 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 Albertville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2364, Longitude: -93.6613 In this case, the coordinates for Albertville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.577 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.514 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.789 degrees. |
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