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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 Lake Eunice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Eunice 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 Lake Eunice:
- 46.746070, -95.969219
- 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 Lake Eunice
- 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 Becker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Becker County
- Since Lake Eunice is near Otter Tail County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otter Tail County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Lake Eunice
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Eunice ...
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.
- Audubon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clear View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clear View is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
- Dale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Dent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norwegian Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norwegian Grove is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Grove
- Pelican Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Richards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richards is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Richwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richwood is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
How Far From Lake Eunice 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 community such as Lake Eunice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Eunice and extending to:
- Detroit Lakes, which is the Seat of Becker County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Eunice to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,097 miles [1,765.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,903 miles [7,890.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Eunice) 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 Lake Eunice 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 Lake Eunice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7461, Longitude: -95.9692 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Eunice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.24 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.604 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.691 degrees. |
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