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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 Enstrom Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Enstrom Estates 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 Enstrom Estates:
- 48.866111, -95.570556
- 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 Enstrom Estates
- 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 Roseau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roseau County
- Since Enstrom Estates is near Lake of the Woods County and also Beltrami County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake of the Woods County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beltrami 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 Enstrom Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Enstrom Estates ...
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.
- Badger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fox
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fox is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Hickey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey
- Longworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Longworth is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longworth
- Pinecreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pinecreek is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecreek
- Swift
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Swift is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Winner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Winner is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner
How Far From Enstrom Estates 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 Enstrom Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Enstrom Estates and extending to:
- Roseau, which is the Seat of Roseau County, lies just to the West.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Enstrom Estates to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,793 miles [7,713.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Enstrom Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Enstrom Estates 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 Enstrom Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8661, Longitude: -95.5706 In this case, the coordinates for Enstrom Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.926 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.524 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.886 degrees. |
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