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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:
- 44.714130, -93.588289
- 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 Baden
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Baden is near Carver County and also Hennepin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carver County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hennepin 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 Baden
Communities Also Named Baden ...
We found eighteen communities that are also named Baden.
There is one other community in Minnesota that is also named Baden.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of twelve communities that are located 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 ...
- Saint Louis County
- This Baden is located in Saint Louis County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Baden that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Baden.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Mateo County
- This Baden is located in San Mateo County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the west of the Baden that is located in Scott 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 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Baden that is located in Scott 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 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Baden that is located in Scott County.
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Baden is located in Prince George's County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Baden that is located in Scott 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 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Baden that is located in Scott 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 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Baden that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ward County community of Baden.
- Ontario
- This Baden lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the east of the Baden that is located in Scott County.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- This Baden is located in Beaver County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Baden that is located in Scott 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 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Baden that is located in Scott 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 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Baden that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Baden.
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Austria
- Distance: 4,750 miles [7,644.4 km]<1> to the northeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Baden
- Tasmania
- Distance: 9,443 miles [15,197 km]<1> to the west southwest
- Open a Google Map centered on Baden
- Switzerland
- Distance: 4,501 miles [7,243.7 km]<1> to the northeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Baden
- Germany
- Distance: 4,287 miles [6,899.3 km]<1> to the northeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Baden
- France
- Distance: 4,078 miles [6,562.9 km]<1> to the northeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Baden
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.
- Carver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Credit River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Eden Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grainwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grainwood is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainwood
- Jonathan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jonathan is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
- Jordan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lydia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lydia is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Marystown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- New Prague
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prior Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Savage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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:
- Shakopee, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Baden to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 939 miles [1,511.2 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 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Baden) 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 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> | 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 Baden 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 Baden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7141, Longitude: -93.5883 In this case, the coordinates for Baden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.523 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.384 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.886 degrees. |
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