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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 Lanesboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lanesboro 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 Lanesboro:
- 43.716553, -91.976974
- 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 Lanesboro
- 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 Fillmore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fillmore County
- Since Lanesboro is near Winona County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winona County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Lanesboro
Communities Also Named Lanesboro ...
We found four communities that are also named Lanesboro.
Within Minnesota, the name Lanesboro is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Carroll County
- This Lanesboro is located in Carroll County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lanesboro that is located in Fillmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lanesboro.
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Lanesboro [Berkshire County].
- Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna County
- This Lanesboro is located in Susquehanna County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<1> to the east of the Lanesboro that is located in Fillmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Lanesboro.
- Vermont
- Washington County
- This Lanesboro is located in Washington County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the east of the Lanesboro that is located in Fillmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Lanesboro.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lanesboro ...
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.
- Big Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Big Spring is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Bucksnort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bucksnort is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
- Choice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Choice is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
- Clyde
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Forestville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Fountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Henrytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Henrytown is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrytown
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Tawney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tawney is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tawney
How Far From Lanesboro 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 Lanesboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lanesboro and extending to:
- Preston, which is the Seat of Fillmore County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lanesboro to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 841 miles [1,353.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,995 miles [11,257.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lanesboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Lanesboro 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. |
| <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 Lanesboro 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 Lanesboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7166, Longitude: -91.9770 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.388 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.954 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.282 degrees. |
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