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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 Bruno, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bruno 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 Bruno:
    • 46.278963, -92.661231
    • 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 Bruno
  • 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 Pine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pine County
    • Since Bruno is near Carlton County and also Aitkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carlton 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 Bruno

Communities Also Named Bruno ...

We found ten communities that are also named Bruno.

Within Minnesota, the name Bruno is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Marion County
      • This Bruno is located in Marion County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the south of the Bruno that is located in Pine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Bruno.
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bruno [Montgomery County].
    • Montana
      • Meagher County
      • This Bruno is located in Meagher County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the west of the Bruno that is located in Pine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meagher County community of Bruno.
    • Nebraska
      • Butler County
      • This Bruno is located in Butler County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bruno that is located in Pine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Bruno.
    • Ohio
      • Perry County
      • This Bruno is located in Perry County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bruno that is located in Pine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Bruno.
    • Oklahoma
      • Atoka County
      • This Bruno is located in Atoka County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bruno that is located in Pine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atoka County community of Bruno.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Bruno lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bruno that is located in Pine County.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bruno [Anderson County].
    • Virginia
      • Scott County
      • This Bruno is located in Scott County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bruno that is located in Pine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Bruno.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Bruno is located in Logan County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bruno that is located in Pine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Bruno.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bruno ...

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.

How Far From Bruno 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 city such as Bruno to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bruno and extending to:

  • Pine City, which is the Seat of Pine County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bruno to Pine City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 941 miles [1,514.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,892 miles [11,091.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Bruno) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bruno 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.
<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 Bruno 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 Bruno. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2790, Longitude: -92.6612    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.859 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.838 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.95 degrees.