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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 Antlers Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Antlers Park 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 Antlers Park:
- 44.663020, -93.265499
- 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 Antlers Park
- 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 Dakota County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dakota County
- Since Antlers Park is near Scott County and also Rice County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rice 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 Antlers Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Antlers Park ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Rock is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Credit River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Deer Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Park is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Eureka Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka Center is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Center
- Grainwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grainwood is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainwood
- Lakeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Orchard Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orchard Garden is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Garden
- Prior Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Savage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Antlers Park 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 Antlers Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Antlers Park and extending to:
- Hastings, which is the Seat of Dakota County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Antlers Park to Hastings, 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.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,239 miles [10,040.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,993 miles [11,254.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Antlers Park) 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 Antlers Park 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 Antlers Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6630, Longitude: -93.2655 In this case, the coordinates for Antlers Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.295 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.116 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.724 degrees. |
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