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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 Burntside Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burntside Lake 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 Burntside Lake:
- 47.892687, -92.034593
- 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 Burntside Lake
- 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 Saint Louis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Since Burntside Lake is near Lake County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Burntside Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burntside Lake ...
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.
- Eagles Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagles Nest is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Embarrass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Murray is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ridge is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Section Thirty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Section Thirty is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Section Thirty
- Silver Rapids
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Silver Rapids is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rapids
- Tower
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
How Far From Burntside Lake 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 Burntside Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Burntside Lake and extending to:
- Duluth, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Burntside Lake to Duluth, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 972 miles [1,564.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,034 miles [9,710.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,792 miles [10,930.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,712 miles [7,583.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burntside Lake) 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 Burntside Lake 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 Burntside Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8927, Longitude: -92.0346 In this case, the coordinates for Burntside Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.375 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.51 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.116 degrees. |
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