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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 Eggleston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eggleston 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 Eggleston:
- 44.619967, -92.672141
- 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 Eggleston
- 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 Goodhue County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goodhue County
- Since Eggleston is near Pierce County and also Dakota County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dakota 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 Eggleston
Communities Also Named Eggleston ...
We found four communities that are also named Eggleston.
Within Minnesota, the name Eggleston is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Eggleston [Cook County].
- Indiana
- Bartholomew County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Eggleston [Bartholomew County].
- Missouri
- Ozark County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Eggleston [Ozark County].
- Virginia
- Giles County
- This Eggleston is located in Giles County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Eggleston that is located in Goodhue County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Eggleston.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eggleston ...
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.
- Cannon Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Claybank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Claybank is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Diamond Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Empire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Empire is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Hay Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Maiden Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Moeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Randolph
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Red Wing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snows Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Snows Corner is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Corner
- White Willow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- White Willow is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Willow
How Far From Eggleston 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 Eggleston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eggleston and extending to:
- Red Wing, which is the Seat of Goodhue County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Eggleston to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 895 miles [1,440.4 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 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,880 miles [7,853.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Eggleston 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eggleston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Eggleston 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 Eggleston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6200, Longitude: -92.6721 In this case, the coordinates for Eggleston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.877 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.634 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.414 degrees. |
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