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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 Colony Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colony Court 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 Colony Court:
- 44.098019, -93.506332
- 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 Colony Court
- 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 Waseca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waseca County
- Since Colony Court is near Steele County and also Rice County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steele County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rice 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 Colony Court
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colony Court ...
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.
- Elysian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Havana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Havana is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Janesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Elysian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Elysian is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Elysian
- River Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- River Point is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Rogers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vista is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
How Far From Colony Court 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 Colony Court to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Colony Court and extending to:
- Waseca, which is the Seat of Waseca County, lies just to the South.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Colony Court to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 922 miles [1,483.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,276 miles [10,100.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,029 miles [11,312.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,935 miles [7,942.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Colony Court) 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 Colony Court 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 Colony Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0980, Longitude: -93.5063 In this case, the coordinates for Colony Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.461 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.23 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.999 degrees. |
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