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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 Foreston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foreston 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 Foreston:
- 45.734523, -93.710735
- 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 Foreston
- 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 Foreston is near Benton County and also Isanti 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 Isanti 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 Foreston
Communities Also Named Foreston ...
We found four communities that are also named Foreston.
Within Minnesota, the name Foreston is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Foreston is located in Baltimore County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Foreston that is located in Mille Lacs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Foreston.
- New Brunswick
- This Foreston lies 1,259 miles [2,026.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Foreston that is located in Mille Lacs County.
- South Carolina
- Clarendon County
- This Foreston is located in Clarendon County and lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Foreston that is located in Mille Lacs County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarendon County community of Foreston.
- Texas
- Ellis County
- 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 Texas community of Foreston [Ellis County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Foreston ...
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.
- Coin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Day
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Hillman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jakeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jakeville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakeville
- Johnsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Johnsdale is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsdale
- Lewis Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lewis Lake is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Lake
- Little Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Little Rock is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Mayhew
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mayhew is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Page
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Page is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Parent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parent is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parent
- Springvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Springvale is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
How Far From Foreston 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 Foreston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Foreston and extending to:
- Milaca, which is the Seat of Mille Lacs County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Foreston to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 970 miles [1,561.1 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 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foreston) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Foreston 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 Foreston 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 Foreston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7345, Longitude: -93.7107 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.612 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.62 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.684 degrees. |
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