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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 Grey Eagle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grey Eagle 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 Grey Eagle:
- 45.824529, -94.748225
- 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 Grey Eagle
- 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 Todd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Todd County
- Since Grey Eagle is near Stearns County and also Morrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stearns County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrison 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 Grey Eagle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grey Eagle ...
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.
- Elmdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Freeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Little Sauk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Little Sauk is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sauk
- Long Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pillsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Beach is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Beach
- Round Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Round Prairie is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Swanville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Grey Eagle 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 Grey Eagle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grey Eagle and extending to:
- Long Prairie, which is the Seat of Todd County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grey Eagle to Long Prairie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,984 miles [11,239.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,902 miles [7,889 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 '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- Grey Eagle) 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 Grey Eagle 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 Grey Eagle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8245, Longitude: -94.7482 In this case, the coordinates for Grey Eagle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.355 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.478 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.239 degrees. |
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