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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 Fernando, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fernando 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 Fernando:
- 44.651743, -94.457611
- 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 Fernando
- 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 McLeod County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLeod County
- Since Fernando is near Sibley County and also Renville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sibley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Renville 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 Fernando
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fernando ...
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.
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Green Isle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Greenleaf is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Hector
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Sweden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norseland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Norseland is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norseland
- Plato
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poor Farm Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Poor Farm Landing is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm Landing
- Rush River
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rush River is located in Sibley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush River
- Silver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise Court
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise Court is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Court
How Far From Fernando 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 Fernando to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fernando and extending to:
- Glencoe, which is the Seat of McLeod County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fernando to Glencoe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 978 miles [1,573.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,945 miles [7,958.2 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 from Point A (ie- Fernando) 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 Fernando 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 Fernando. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6517, Longitude: -94.4576 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.14 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.079 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.376 degrees. |
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