Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lavinia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lavinia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lavinia
- 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 Lavinia:
- 47.472431, -92.946298
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lavinia
- 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 Saint Louis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Since Lavinia is near Itasca County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Itasca 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lavinia ...
We found seven communities that share the name Lavinia.
There is one other community in Minnesota which is also named Lavinia.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Kansas
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- Manitoba
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lavinia ...
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.
- Cherry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Grant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Kelly Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Lake
- Kelly Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Little Swan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Swan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Swan
- Little Swan is located in Saint Louis County
- Mitchell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Mountain Iron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Iron
- Mountain Iron is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Iron <5>
- Ruby Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Junction
- Ruby Junction is located in Saint Louis County
- Side Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Side Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Side Lake
- Side Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Side Lake <5>
- Silica
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Wolf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Lavinia 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 community such as Lavinia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lavinia and extending to:
- Duluth, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lavinia to Duluth, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 174 miles [280 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 992 miles [1,596.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,842 miles [11,011.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lavinia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saint Louis County: www.co.st-louis.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lavinia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lavinia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4724, Longitude: -92.9463 In this case, the coordinates for Lavinia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Lavinia 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lavinia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Lavinia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.042 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.207 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.764 degrees. |