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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 Baden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baden 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 Baden:
    • 47.010218, -92.588526
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Baden
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Baden ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Baden.

There is one other community in Minnesota which is also named Baden.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

In addition to the above occurrences of Baden, we know of five communities located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Located In Minnesota ...
    • Scott County
      • This Baden is located in Scott County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Baden.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Mateo County
      • This Baden is located in San Mateo County and lies 1,642 miles [2,642.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Baden.
    • Georgia
      • Brooks County
      • This Baden is located in Brooks County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooks County community of Baden.
    • Kansas
      • Douglas County
      • 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 Kansas community of Baden [Douglas County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Baden lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's County
      • This Baden is located in Prince George's County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Baden.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis City
      • This Baden is located in Saint Louis City and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis City community of Baden.
    • North Dakota
      • Ward County
      • This Baden is located in Ward County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ward County community of Baden.
    • Ontario
      • This Baden lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver County
      • This Baden is located in Beaver County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Baden.
    • Texas
      • Martin County
      • 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 Texas community of Baden [Martin County].
    • Virginia
      • Dickenson County
      • This Baden is located in Dickenson County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickenson County community of Baden.
    • West Virginia
      • Mason County
      • This Baden is located in Mason County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Baden that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Baden.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Austria
      • Distance: 4,601 miles [7,404.6 km]<1> to the northeast
    • Tasmania
      • Distance: 9,538 miles [15,349.9 km]<1> to the west southwest
    • Switzerland
      • Distance: 4,359 miles [7,015.1 km]<1> to the northeast
    • Germany
      • Distance: 4,137 miles [6,657.9 km]<1> to the northeast
    • France
      • Distance: 3,943 miles [6,345.6 km]<1> to the northeast

Curious and Interesting Names Near Baden ...

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.

  • Birch
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
    • Birch is located in Saint Louis County
  • Canyon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Canyon is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canyon <4>
  • Cotton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
    • Cotton is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotton <4>
  • Elmer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
    • Elmer is located in Saint Louis County
  • Grand Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
    • Grand Lake is located in Saint Louis County
  • Independence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Independence is located in Saint Louis County
  • Meadowlands
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
    • Meadowlands is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Twig
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twig have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig
    • Twig is located in Saint Louis County
  • Twig Station
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twig Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig Station
    • Twig Station is located in Saint Louis County

How Far From Baden 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 Baden to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Baden and extending to:

  • Duluth, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Baden to Duluth, with an average speed<5> 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 144 miles [231.7 km] to the south (S). 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 962 miles [1,548.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,854 miles [11,030.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,771 miles [7,678.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Baden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Saint Louis County: www.co.st-louis.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Baden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0102, Longitude: -92.5885       In this case, the coordinates for Baden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Baden 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Baden to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.795 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.865 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.697 degrees.









 

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