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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 Glory, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glory 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 Glory:
    • 46.417455, -93.600523
    • 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 Glory
  • 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 Aitkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Aitkin County
    • Since Glory is near Crow Wing County and also Mille Lacs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crow Wing County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mille Lacs 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 Glory

Communities Also Named Glory ...

We found four communities that are also named Glory.

Within Minnesota, the name Glory is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Gadsden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Glory [Gadsden County].
    • Georgia
      • Berrien County
      • This Glory is located in Berrien County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Glory that is located in Aitkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Glory.
    • Iowa
      • Black Hawk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Glory [Black Hawk County].
    • Texas
      • Lamar County
      • This Glory is located in Lamar County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<2> to the south of the Glory that is located in Aitkin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Glory.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glory ...

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.

  • Dads Corner
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Dads Corner is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
  • Deerwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Glen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Glen is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
  • Homecroft
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Homecroft is located in Crow Wing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
  • Isle
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Isle is located in Mille Lacs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isle <3>
  • Manganese
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Manganese is located in Crow Wing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manganese
  • Redtop
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Redtop is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtop
  • Thor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Thor is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
  • Vineland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
  • White Hawk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • White Hawk is located in Crow Wing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hawk

How Far From Glory 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 Glory to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glory and extending to:

  • Aitkin, which is the Seat of Aitkin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Glory to Aitkin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 985 miles [1,585.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,159 miles [9,911.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,834 miles [7,779.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Glory 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glory) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Glory 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 Glory. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4175, Longitude: -93.6005       In this case, the coordinates for Glory have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.529 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.617 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.437 degrees.