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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 Estes Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Estes Brook 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 Estes Brook:
- 45.648848, -93.738917
- 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 Estes Brook
- 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 Mille Lacs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mille Lacs County
- Since Estes Brook is near Benton County and also Sherburne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sherburne 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 Estes Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Estes Brook ...
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.
- Cable
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Crown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Day
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Day is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Fruitville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fruitville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
- Jakeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jakeville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakeville
- Lewis Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Lake is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Lake
- Mayhew
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mayhew is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Page
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Page is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Parent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Parent is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parent
How Far From Estes Brook to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Estes Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Estes Brook and extending to:
- Milaca, which is the Seat of Mille Lacs County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Estes Brook to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 969 miles [1,559.5 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 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 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 '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- Estes Brook) 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 Estes Brook 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 Estes Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6488, Longitude: -93.7389 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.632 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.632 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.723 degrees. |
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