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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 Benning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Benning 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 Benning:
- 44.203300, -93.994955
- 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 Benning
- 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 Blue Earth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blue Earth County
- Since Benning is near Nicollet County and also Le Sueur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicollet County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Le Sueur 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 Benning
Curious and Interesting Names Near Benning ...
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.
- Eagle Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elysian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Garden City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Good Thunder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greenland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Greenland is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Janesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Crystal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Elysian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Elysian is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Elysian
- Marysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marysburg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysburg
- Norseland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norseland is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norseland
- Poor Farm Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Poor Farm Landing is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm Landing
- Skyline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Skyline is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Traverse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Traverse is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse
How Far From Benning 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 Benning to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Benning and extending to:
- Mankato, which is the Seat of Blue Earth County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Benning to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 947 miles [1,524 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,041 miles [11,331.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,948 miles [7,963 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Benning) 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 Benning 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 Benning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2033, Longitude: -93.9950 In this case, the coordinates for Benning have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.807 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.639 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.236 degrees. |
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