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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Coffee Pot Landing:
    • 47.349400, -95.183071
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Coffee Pot Landing
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coffee Pot Landing ...

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.

  • Big Bear Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Bear Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
    • Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
  • Bonga Landing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonga Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
    • Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
  • Bush Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
    • Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
  • Jack Pine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jack Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
    • Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
  • Lake George
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake George have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake George
    • Lake George is located in Hubbard County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake George <2>
  • Mallard ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
    • Mallard is located in Clearwater County
  • Minerva
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
    • Minerva is located in Clearwater County
  • Nary
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nary
    • Nary is located in Hubbard County
  • Rice Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rice Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
    • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
  • Scribner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scribner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
    • Scribner is located in Beltrami County

How Far From Coffee Pot Landing 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 Coffee Pot Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Coffee Pot Landing and extending to:

  • Bagley, which is the Seat of Clearwater County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coffee Pot Landing to Bagley, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,159 miles [9,911.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coffee Pot Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clearwater County: www.co.clearwater.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coffee Pot Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coffee Pot Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3494, Longitude: -95.1831       In this case, the coordinates for Coffee Pot Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Coffee Pot Landing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.664 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.029 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.081 degrees.









 

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