Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Carmody:
  • 45.651630, -93.471344
  • 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 Carmody

• 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 Isanti County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Isanti County
  • Since Carmody is near Mille Lacs County and also Kanabec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mille Lacs County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kanabec 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 Carmody

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carmody ...

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.

• Coin
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Coin is located in Kanabec County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
• Crown
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Crown is located in Isanti County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
• Day
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Day is located in Isanti County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
• Elm Park
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Elm Park is located in Isanti County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
• Grass Lake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grass Lake is located in Kanabec County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
• Lewis Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis Lake is located in Kanabec County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Lake
• Page
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Page is located in Mille Lacs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
• Rush Point
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Rush Point is located in Chisago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Point
• Springvale
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Springvale is located in Isanti County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
• Stanley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanley is located in Isanti County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley

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

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

• Cambridge, which is the Seat of Isanti County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carmody to Cambridge, with an average speed<2> 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 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 957 miles [1,540.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,863 miles [7,826.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'