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 Lorne:
44.746069, -95.574464
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.
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 Yellow Medicine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that share the name Lorne.
Within Minnesota, the name Lorne is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, one is located in the United States and the other six communities are located in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New Brunswick
This Lorne lies 1,413 miles [2,274 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lorne that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
Nova Scotia
This Lorne lies 1,591 miles [2,560.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lorne that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
Ontario
This Lorne lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the east of the Lorne that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
Virginia
Caroline County
This Lorne is located in Caroline County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lorne that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Lorne.
Yukon
This Lorne lies 1,923 miles [3,094.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lorne that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lorne ...
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.
Cottonwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lorne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lorne and extending to:
Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lorne to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,066 miles [11,371.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,981 miles [8,016.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lorne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lorne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7461, Longitude: -95.5745 In this case, the coordinates for Lorne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Lorne to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.939 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.004 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.966 degrees.