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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 Casperson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Casperson 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 Casperson:
- 48.576084, -95.687212
- 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 Casperson
- 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 Roseau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roseau County
- Since Casperson is near Marshall County and also Beltrami County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beltrami 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 Casperson
Curious and Interesting Names Near Casperson ...
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.
- Badger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Four Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Four Town is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Town
- Fox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Gates Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gates Corner is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
- Greenbush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jelle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jelle is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelle
- Malcolm
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Malcolm is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Winner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Winner is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner
How Far From Casperson 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 Casperson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Casperson and extending to:
- Roseau, which is the Seat of Roseau County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Casperson to Roseau, 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 five to six hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 278 miles [447.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Casperson) 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 Casperson 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 Casperson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5761, Longitude: -95.6872 In this case, the coordinates for Casperson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.018 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.589 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.037 degrees. |
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