Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Glenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Glenville
- 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 Glenville:
- 43.570373, -93.276096
- 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 Glenville
- 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 Glenville is near Worth County and also Winnebago County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Worth County
- eBird sighting report for Winnebago 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 Glenville ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Glenville.
Within Minnesota, the name Glenville is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, eighteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- New York
- Livingston County
- This Glenville is located in Livingston County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the east of the Glenville that is located in Freeborn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Glenville.
- Saratoga 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 New York community of Glenville [Saratoga County].
- Schenectady County
- This Glenville is located in Schenectady County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km] to the east of the Glenville that is located in Freeborn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schenectady County community of Glenville.
- Westchester County
- This Glenville is located in Westchester County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km] to the east of the Glenville that is located in Freeborn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Glenville.
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Glenville lies 1,439 miles [2,315.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in Freeborn County.
- Ohio
- Crawford County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Glenville [Crawford County].
- Cuyahoga County
- This Glenville is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the east of the Glenville that is located in Freeborn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Glenville.
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenville ...
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.
- Deer Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Deer Creek is located in Worth County (IA)
- Gordonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordonsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Gordonsville is located in Freeborn County
- Hollandale Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale Junction
- Hollandale Junction is located in Freeborn County
- London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Moscow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Muckland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Norman ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Silver Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Worth County (IA)
- Somber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Twin Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Twin Grove is located in Freeborn County
- Twin Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- 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 Glenville 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 city such as Glenville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenville and extending to:
- Albert Lea, which is the Seat of Freeborn County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Glenville to Saint Paul, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 901 miles [1,450 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 6,295 miles [10,130.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,048 miles [11,342.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,950 miles [7,966.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenville. 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Glenville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5704, Longitude: -93.2761 In this case, the coordinates for Glenville 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 Glenville 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Glenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Glenville 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 318.293 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.968 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.009 degrees. |