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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 Arnesen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arnesen 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 Arnesen:
- 48.957491, -95.067452
- 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 Arnesen
- 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 Lake of the Woods County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake of the Woods County
- Since Arnesen is near Roseau County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roseau 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 Arnesen
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arnesen ...
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.
- Angle Inlet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Birch Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Birch Beach is located in Lake of the Woods County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Beach
- Buffalo Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hickey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey
- Long Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Long Point is located in Lake of the Woods County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Longworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Longworth is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longworth
- Swift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Swift is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
How Far From Arnesen 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 Arnesen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arnesen and extending to:
- Baudette, which is the Seat of Lake of the Woods County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Arnesen to Baudette, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 291 miles [468.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,129 miles [1,816.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,071 miles [9,770.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,771 miles [7,678.2 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arnesen) 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 Arnesen 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 Arnesen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9575, Longitude: -95.0675 In this case, the coordinates for Arnesen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.554 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.115 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.563 degrees. |
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