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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 Heatwole, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heatwole 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 Heatwole:
- 44.834129, -94.399706
- 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 Heatwole
- 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 McLeod County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLeod County
- Since Heatwole is near Renville County and also Meeker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Renville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meeker 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 Heatwole
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heatwole ...
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.
- Casey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Casey is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Darwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Greenleaf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenleaf is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Hector
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jennie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jennie is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennie
- Lester Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Plato
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rice Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Lake is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Silver Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise Court
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sunrise Court is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Court
How Far From Heatwole 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 Heatwole to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heatwole and extending to:
- Glencoe, which is the Seat of McLeod County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Heatwole to Glencoe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 64 miles [103 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 979 miles [1,575.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,022 miles [11,300.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,934 miles [7,940.5 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 from Point A (ie- Heatwole) 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 Heatwole 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 Heatwole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8341, Longitude: -94.3997 In this case, the coordinates for Heatwole have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.10 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.058 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.299 degrees. |
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