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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 Echols, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Echols 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 Echols:
- 43.923846, -94.674977
- 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 Echols
- 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 Watonwan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Watonwan County
- Since Echols is near Martin County and also Cottonwood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cottonwood 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 Echols
Communities Also Named Echols ...
We found two communities that are also named Echols.
Within Minnesota, the name Echols is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Ohio County
- This Echols is located in Ohio County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Echols that is located in Watonwan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Echols.
- Texas
- Limestone County
- This Echols is located in Limestone County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the south of the Echols that is located in Watonwan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Echols.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Echols ...
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.
- Alpha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Butternut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Butternut is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Fox Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fox Lake is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Granada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Iberia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Iberia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Lewisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mountain Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stark is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Tenmile Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tenmile Corner is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Corner
- Welcome
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Echols 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 community such as Echols to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Echols and extending to:
- Saint James, which is the Seat of Watonwan County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Echols to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 974 miles [1,567.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,323 miles [10,175.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,078 miles [11,390.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,986 miles [8,024.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Echols) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Echols 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 Echols. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9238, Longitude: -94.6750 In this case, the coordinates for Echols have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.284 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.148 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.672 degrees. |
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