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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 Kettle River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kettle River 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 Kettle River:
- 46.486109, -92.877675
- 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 Kettle River
- 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 Carlton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carlton County
- Since Kettle River is near Pine County and also Aitkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aitkin 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 Kettle River
Communities Also Named Kettle River ...
We found one communities that are also named Kettle River.
There is one other community in Minnesota that is also named Kettle River.
Beyond Minnesota.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Pine County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Kettle River [Pine County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kettle River ...
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.
- Blackhoof
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blackhoof is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhoof
- Dads Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dads Corner is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
- Moose Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Ronald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ronald is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Sandstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sturgeon Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Thor is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor
- Willow River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Kettle River to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Kettle River to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kettle River and extending to:
- Carlton, which is the Seat of Carlton County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kettle River to Carlton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 956 miles [1,538.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,132 miles [9,868.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,804 miles [7,731.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Kettle River could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Kettle River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Kettle River 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 Kettle River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4861, Longitude: -92.8777 In this case, the coordinates for Kettle River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.011 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.038 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.012 degrees. |
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