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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 Boy River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boy River 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 Boy River:
- 47.167767, -94.124177
- 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 Boy River
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Boy River is near Itasca County and also Aitkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Itasca County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aitkin 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 Boy River
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boy River ...
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.
- Ball Club
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Club is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Club
- Bass Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bass Brook is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Brook
- Cuba
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Deer River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elevenmile Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elevenmile Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevenmile Corner
- Federal Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hackensack
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Longville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shovel Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shovel Lake is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Lake
How Far From Boy River 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 city such as Boy River to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boy River and extending to:
- Walker, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boy River to Walker, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boy River) 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 Boy River 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 Boy River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1678, Longitude: -94.1242 In this case, the coordinates for Boy River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.898 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.135 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.524 degrees. |
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