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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 Black Hammer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Hammer 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 Black Hammer:
- 43.616357, -91.660979
- 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 Black Hammer
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Black Hammer is near Fillmore County and also Winneshiek County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fillmore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winneshiek 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 Black Hammer
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Hammer ...
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.
- Choice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Choice is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
- Henrytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Henrytown is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrytown
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highlandville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
- Locust
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Locust is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Mabel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newhouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newhouse is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
- Prosper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prosper is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
- Riceford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riceford is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceford
- Spring Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tawney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tawney is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tawney
How Far From Black Hammer 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 Black Hammer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Black Hammer and extending to:
- Caledonia, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies just to the East.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Black Hammer to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 824 miles [1,326.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,239 miles [10,040.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,886 miles [7,863.3 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' (or 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- Black Hammer) 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 Black Hammer 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 Black Hammer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6164, Longitude: -91.6610 In this case, the coordinates for Black Hammer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.168 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.689 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.142 degrees. |
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