Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Emmons, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Emmons and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Emmons
- 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 Emmons:
- 43.506584, -93.485184
- 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 Emmons
- 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 Freeborn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Freeborn County
- Since Emmons is near Winnebago County and also Worth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
- eBird sighting report for Worth 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
Communities Also Named Emmons ...
We found six communities that share the name Emmons.
Within Minnesota, the name Emmons is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Emmons ...
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.
- Glenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Glenville is located in Freeborn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenville <4>
- Gordonsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordonsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Gordonsville is located in Freeborn County
- Kiester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kiester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiester
- Kiester is located in Faribault County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiester <4>
- Lake Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Lake Mills is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,987 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Mills <4>
- Norman ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Scarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarville
- Scarville is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scarville <4>
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Worth County (IA)
- Somber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Twin Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Freeborn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
How Far From Emmons 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 Emmons to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Emmons and extending to:
- Albert Lea, which is the Seat of Freeborn County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Emmons to Albert Lea, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 909 miles [1,462.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Emmons. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Freeborn County: www.co.freeborn.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Emmons) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Emmons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5066, Longitude: -93.4852 In this case, the coordinates for Emmons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Emmons 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> | 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. |
| <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 Emmons to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.438 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.126 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.136 degrees. |