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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 Inver Grove Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Inver Grove Heights 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 Inver Grove Heights:
- 44.824545, -93.059554
- 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 Inver Grove Heights
- 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 Dakota County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dakota County
- Since Inver Grove Heights is near Washington County and also Ramsey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ramsey 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 Inver Grove Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Inver Grove Heights ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cottage Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Landfall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Pine Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Bend is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Rich Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rich Valley is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Roseport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roseport is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseport
- Sunfish Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Inver Grove Heights 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 Inver Grove Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Inver Grove Heights and extending to:
- Hastings, which is the Seat of Dakota County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Inver Grove Heights to Hastings, 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 917 miles [1,475.8 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 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Inver Grove Heights) 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 Inver Grove Heights 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 Inver Grove Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8245, Longitude: -93.0596 In this case, the coordinates for Inver Grove Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.15 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.973 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.569 degrees. |
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