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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 Emmaville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Emmaville 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 Emmaville:
- 47.065514, -94.980572
- 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 Emmaville
- 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 Hubbard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hubbard County
- Since Emmaville is near Becker County and also Clearwater County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Becker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater 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 Emmaville
Communities Also Named Emmaville ...
We found two communities that are also named Emmaville.
Within Minnesota, the name Emmaville is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Fulton County
- This Emmaville is located in Fulton County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Emmaville that is located in Hubbard County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Emmaville.
- Utah
- Emmaville #
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Emmaville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Emmaville ...
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.
- Chamberlain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chamberlain is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Coffee Pot Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
- Deer Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Deer Lane is located in Hubbard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lane
- Goldenrod
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Goldenrod is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenrod
- Huntersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Huntersville is located in Wadena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Lake George
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mallard ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mallard is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
- Park Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Point is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Two Inlets
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Two Inlets is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Inlets
How Far From Emmaville 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 Emmaville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Emmaville and extending to:
- Park Rapids, which is the Seat of Hubbard County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Emmaville to Park Rapids, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 171 miles [275.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,168 miles [9,926.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,854 miles [7,811.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Emmaville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Emmaville 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. |
| <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 Emmaville 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 Emmaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0655, Longitude: -94.9806 In this case, the coordinates for Emmaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.519 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.827 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.042 degrees. |
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