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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 Saint Croix Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Saint Croix Beach 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 Saint Croix Beach:
- 44.924531, -92.765484
- 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 Saint Croix Beach
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Lake Saint Croix Beach is near Saint Croix County and also Pierce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Croix County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce 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 Saint Croix Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Saint Croix Beach ...
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.
- Birchwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Birchwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Boardman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boardman is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Cottage Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glover is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grant is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
- Highwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Lake Elmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Landfall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Pine Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Stillwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Lake Saint Croix Beach 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 Lake Saint Croix Beach 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 Saint Croix Beach and extending to:
- Stillwater, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Saint Croix Beach to Stillwater, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 906 miles [1,458.1 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 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,870 miles [7,837.5 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- Lake Saint Croix Beach) 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 Saint Croix Beach 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 Saint Croix Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9245, Longitude: -92.7655 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Saint Croix Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.942 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.75 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.383 degrees. |
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