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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 Lester Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lester Prairie 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 Lester Prairie:
- 44.884533, -94.041999
- 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 Lester Prairie
- 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 McLeod County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLeod County
- Since Lester Prairie is near Carver County and also Wright County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carver County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wright 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 Lester Prairie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lester Prairie ...
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.
- Coney Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coney Island is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Howard Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Maple
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Maple is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- New Germany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plato
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rice Lake is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Silver Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunrise Court
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise Court is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Court
- Young America
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Lester Prairie 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 Lester Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lester Prairie and extending to:
- Glencoe, which is the Seat of McLeod County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lester Prairie to Glencoe, 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 46 miles [74 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 964 miles [1,551.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,919 miles [7,916.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lester Prairie) 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 Lester Prairie 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 Lester Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8845, Longitude: -94.0420 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.846 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.774 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.09 degrees. |
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