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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 Bixby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bixby 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 Bixby:
- 43.944407, -93.097146
- 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 Bixby
- 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 Steele County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steele County
- Since Bixby is near Dodge County and also Freeborn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Freeborn 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 Bixby
Communities Also Named Bixby ...
We found ten communities that are also named Bixby.
Within Minnesota, the name Bixby is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bixby [Los Angeles County].
- Illinois
- Saint Clair County
- This Bixby is located in Saint Clair County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Bixby that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Bixby.
- Vermilion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bixby [Vermilion County].
- Kentucky
- Ohio County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bixby [Ohio County].
- Missouri
- Iron County
- This Bixby is located in Iron County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Bixby that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Bixby.
- Nebraska
- Fillmore County
- This Bixby is located in Fillmore County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Bixby that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Bixby.
- North Carolina
- Davie County
- This Bixby is located in Davie County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Bixby that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davie County community of Bixby.
- Oklahoma
- Tulsa County
- This Bixby is located in Tulsa County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Bixby that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulsa County community of Bixby.
- South Dakota
- Perkins County
- This Bixby is located in Perkins County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bixby that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perkins County community of Bixby.
- Texas
- Cameron County
- This Bixby is located in Cameron County and lies 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Bixby that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Bixby.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bixby ...
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.
- Blooming Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Corning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Corning is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Ellendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Havana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Havana is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Rice Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rice Lake is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- River Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- River Point is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Bixby 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 Bixby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bixby and extending to:
- Owatonna, which is the Seat of Steele County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bixby to Owatonna, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 899 miles [1,446.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,270 miles [10,090.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bixby 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bixby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bixby 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 Bixby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9444, Longitude: -93.0971 In this case, the coordinates for Bixby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.172 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.879 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.819 degrees. |
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