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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 Litomysl, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Litomysl 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 Litomysl:
- 43.947184, -93.186040
- 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 Litomysl
- 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 Steele County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steele County
- Since Litomysl is near Freeborn County and also Dodge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Freeborn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge 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 Litomysl
Curious and Interesting Names Near Litomysl ...
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.
- Bixby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bixby is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
- Blooming Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ellendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Havana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Havana is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- River Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- River Point is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Litomysl 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 community such as Litomysl to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Litomysl and extending to:
- Owatonna, which is the Seat of Steele County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Litomysl to Owatonna, 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 69 miles [111 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 904 miles [1,454.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Litomysl) 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 Litomysl 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 Litomysl. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9472, Longitude: -93.1860 In this case, the coordinates for Litomysl have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.234 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.951 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.866 degrees. |
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