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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 Golden Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golden Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Golden Hill:
    • 43.988297, -92.468232
    • 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 Golden Hill
  • 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 Olmsted County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Olmsted County
    • Since Golden Hill is near Dodge County and also Wabasha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wabasha 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 Golden Hill

Communities Also Named Golden Hill ...

We found five communities that are also named Golden Hill.

Within Minnesota, the name Golden Hill is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This Golden Hill is located in San Diego County and lies 1,537 miles [2,473.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Golden Hill that is located in Olmsted County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Golden Hill.
    • Indiana
      • White County
      • This Golden Hill is located in White County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Golden Hill that is located in Olmsted County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Golden Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Dorchester County
      • This Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Golden Hill that is located in Olmsted County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Golden Hill.
    • Ontario
      • This Golden Hill lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Golden Hill that is located in Olmsted County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wyoming 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 Pennsylvania community of Golden Hill [Wyoming County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Golden Hill ...

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.

  • Cedar Beach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Beach is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Beach
  • Chester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Chester is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Danesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Danesville is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danesville
  • High Forest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • High Forest is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
  • Judge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Judge is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
  • Marion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marion is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Pleasant Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Post Town
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Post Town is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Town
  • Rock Dell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Dell is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Dell
  • Shanty Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Shanty Town is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town

How Far From Golden Hill 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 community such as Golden Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Rochester, which is the Seat of Olmsted County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Golden Hill to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 870 miles [1,400.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Golden Hill) 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 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 Golden Hill 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 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 Golden Hill 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 Golden Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9883, Longitude: -92.4682       In this case, the coordinates for Golden Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.732 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.383 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.471 degrees.