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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 Lamberton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lamberton and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lamberton:
    • 44.230851, -95.267391
    • 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 Lamberton
  • 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 Redwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Redwood County
    • Since Lamberton is near Cottonwood County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cottonwood County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown 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 Lamberton

Communities Also Named Lamberton ...

We found eight communities that are also named Lamberton.

Within Minnesota, the name Lamberton is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Monroe 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 Arkansas community of Lamberton [Monroe County].
      • Union County
      • This Lamberton is located in Union County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the south of the Lamberton that is located in Redwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Lamberton.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer 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 New Jersey community of Lamberton [Mercer County].
    • New York
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Lamberton is located in Chautauqua County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<2> to the east of the Lamberton that is located in Redwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Lamberton.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Lamberton is located in Fayette County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lamberton that is located in Redwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lamberton.
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Lamberton is located in Schuylkill County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km] to the east of the Lamberton that is located in Redwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Lamberton.
    • West Virginia
      • Ritchie County
      • This Lamberton is located in Ritchie County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lamberton that is located in Redwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Lamberton.
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine 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 Wisconsin community of Lamberton [Racine County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamberton ...

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.

  • Dundee
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Dundee is located in Nobles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
  • Echo
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <3>
  • Evan
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Evan is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Franklin
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Iberia
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Iberia is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
  • Lime Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lime Creek is located in Murray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
  • Mountain Lake
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Seaforth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sleepy Eye
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Village Park
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Village Park is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
  • Walnut Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Wanda
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Lamberton 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 city such as Lamberton to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lamberton and extending to:

  • Redwood Falls, which is the Seat of Redwood County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lamberton to Redwood Falls, 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 117 miles [188.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,326 miles [10,180.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,994 miles [8,037.1 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lamberton 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>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- Lamberton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lamberton 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 Lamberton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2309, Longitude: -95.2674       In this case, the coordinates for Lamberton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.711 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.676 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.92 degrees.