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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 Gonvick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gonvick 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 Gonvick:
- 47.739121, -95.512392
- 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 Gonvick
- 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 Clearwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
- Since Gonvick is near Polk County and also Beltrami County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beltrami 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 Gonvick
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gonvick ...
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.
- Clearbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Erie is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Gully
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gully is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Island Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Island Lake is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Jack Pine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
- Leonard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Little Rock is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Pine Bend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Bend is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Red Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- River Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- River Valley is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
- Trail
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Trail is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
How Far From Gonvick 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 Gonvick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gonvick and extending to:
- Bagley, which is the Seat of Clearwater County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gonvick to Bagley, 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 four to five hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,106 miles [1,779.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,148 miles [9,894.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gonvick) 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 Gonvick 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 Gonvick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7391, Longitude: -95.5124 In this case, the coordinates for Gonvick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.901 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.348 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.165 degrees. |
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