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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 Courtland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Courtland 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 Courtland:
- 44.268580, -94.341739
- 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 Courtland
- 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 Nicollet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicollet County
- Since Courtland is near Blue Earth County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blue Earth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown 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 Courtland
Communities Also Named Courtland ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Courtland.
Within Minnesota, the name Courtland is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence County
- This Courtland is located in Lawrence County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Courtland that is located in Nicollet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Courtland.
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Courtland [Cochise County].
- California
- Sacramento County
- This Courtland is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,463 miles [2,354.5 km]<1> to the west of the Courtland that is located in Nicollet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Courtland.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Courtland is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Courtland that is located in Nicollet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Courtland.
- Illinois
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Courtland [DeKalb County].
- Indiana
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Courtland [Jackson County].
- Kansas
- Republic County
- This Courtland is located in Republic County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Courtland that is located in Nicollet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Republic County community of Courtland.
- Mississippi
- Panola County
- This Courtland is located in Panola County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Courtland that is located in Nicollet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Courtland.
- Ontario
- This Courtland lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the east of the Courtland that is located in Nicollet County.
- Tennessee
- Robertson County
- This Courtland is located in Robertson County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Courtland that is located in Nicollet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Courtland.
- Texas
- Cass County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Cass County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Courtland.
- Virginia
- Southampton County
- This Courtland is located in Southampton County and lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Courtland that is located in Nicollet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Courtland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Courtland ...
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.
- Butternut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Butternut is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Garden City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Iberia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Crystal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norseland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norseland is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norseland
- Poor Farm Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poor Farm Landing is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm Landing
- Skyline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Stark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stark is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Traverse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Traverse is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse
How Far From Courtland 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 city such as Courtland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Courtland and extending to:
- Saint Peter, which is the Seat of Nicollet County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Courtland to Saint Peter, with an average speed<5> 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 6 hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 965 miles [1,553 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,958 miles [7,979.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Courtland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Courtland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Courtland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Courtland 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 Courtland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2686, Longitude: -94.3417 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.053 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.929 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.408 degrees. |
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