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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 Harliss, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harliss 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 Harliss:
- 44.582467, -92.655473
- 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 Harliss
- 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 Goodhue County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goodhue County
- Since Harliss is near Pierce County and also Dakota County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dakota 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 Harliss
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harliss ...
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.
- Cannon Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Claybank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Claybank is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Diamond Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Hay Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Moeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Red Wing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Snows Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Snows Corner is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Corner
- White Willow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- White Willow is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Willow
How Far From Harliss 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 community such as Harliss to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harliss and extending to:
- Red Wing, which is the Seat of Goodhue County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Harliss to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 893 miles [1,437.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,223 miles [10,014.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harliss) 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 Harliss 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 Harliss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5825, Longitude: -92.6555 In this case, the coordinates for Harliss have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.865 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.615 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.415 degrees. |
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