Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in East Grand Forks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Grand Forks and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for East Grand Forks
- 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 East Grand Forks:
- 47.931064, -97.016187
- 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 East Grand Forks
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since East Grand Forks is near Grand Forks County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grand Forks County
- eBird sighting report for Marshall 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Grand Forks ...
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.
- Euclid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Euclid is located in Polk County
- Fisher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Freeman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Grand Forks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Forks
- Grand Forks is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55,950 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Forks <2>
- Kelly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Mallory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - March
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Oslo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oslo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
- Oslo is located in Marshall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <2>
- Poland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From East Grand Forks to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as East Grand Forks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in East Grand Forks and extending to:
- Crookston, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Grand Forks to Crookston, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 277 miles [445.8 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 1,175 miles [1,891 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for East Grand Forks: www.ci.east-grand-forks.mn.us/
The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.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 from Point A (ie- East Grand Forks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Grand Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9311, Longitude: -97.0162 |
| <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 East Grand Forks 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 321.004 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.624 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.991 degrees. |