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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 Brevik, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brevik 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 Brevik:
- 47.083011, -94.288586
- 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 Brevik
- 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 Brevik is near Hubbard County and also Itasca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hubbard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Itasca 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 Brevik
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brevik ...
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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Club is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Club
- Boy River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boy River is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Chamberlain
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chamberlain is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Cuba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Elevenmile Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elevenmile Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevenmile Corner
- Federal Dam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fifty Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hackensack
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Longville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mildred
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mildred is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Outing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Brevik 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 Brevik to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brevik and extending to:
- Walker, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Brevik to Walker, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 157 miles [252.7 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 1,035 miles [1,665.7 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 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brevik) 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 Brevik 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 Brevik. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0830, Longitude: -94.2886 In this case, the coordinates for Brevik have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.018 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.26 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.642 degrees. |
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