Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bonga Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonga Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bonga Landing

• 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 Bonga Landing:
  • 47.373847, -95.484466
  • 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 Bonga Landing

• 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 Clearwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
  • Since Bonga Landing is near Mahnomen County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahnomen County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Bonga Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonga Landing ...

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.

• Big Bear Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
• Bush Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
• Jack Pine
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
• Mallard ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mallard is located in Clearwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
• Minerva
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Minerva is located in Clearwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
• Pine Bend
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Bend is located in Mahnomen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
• Rice Lake
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
• Roy Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Roy Lake is located in Mahnomen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Lake

How Far From Bonga Landing to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bonga Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bonga Landing and extending to:

• Bagley, which is the Seat of Clearwater County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bonga Landing to Bagley, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 202 miles [325.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,167 miles [9,924.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'