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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 Ashby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashby 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 Ashby:
- 46.093037, -95.815795
- 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 Ashby
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Ashby is near Douglas County and also Otter Tail County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otter Tail 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 Ashby
Communities Also Named Ashby ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Ashby.
Within Minnesota, the name Ashby is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bibb County
- This Ashby is located in Bibb County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ashby that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Ashby.
- Indiana
- Franklin County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ashby [Franklin County].
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ashby [Pike County].
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- This Ashby is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km]<1> to the east of the Ashby that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Ashby.
- Nebraska
- Grant County
- This Ashby is located in Grant County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ashby that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Ashby.
- Nova Scotia
- This Ashby lies 1,691 miles [2,721.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ashby that is located in Grant County.
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ashby [Grainger County].
- Texas
- Matagorda County
- This Ashby is located in Matagorda County and lies 1,192 miles [1,918.3 km]<1> to the south of the Ashby that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Matagorda County community of Ashby.
- Virginia
- Cumberland County
- This Ashby is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ashby that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Ashby.
- Warren County
- This Ashby is located in Warren County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km] to the east southeast of the Ashby that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Ashby.
- Washington
- Adams County
- This Ashby is located in Adams County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ashby that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Ashby.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashby ...
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.
- Basswood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Basswood is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Charlesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Charlesville is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Edwards
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Edwards is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Elbow Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabeth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Farwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farwell is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Foxhome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foxhome is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- French
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- French is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Herman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Leaf Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leaf Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf Valley
- Maine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maine is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Miltona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ottertail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Park is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Ashby 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 city such as Ashby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ashby and extending to:
- Elbow Lake, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ashby to Elbow Lake, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,928 miles [7,930.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ashby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Ashby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Ashby 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ashby 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 Ashby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0930, Longitude: -95.8158 In this case, the coordinates for Ashby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.126 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.391 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.77 degrees. |
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