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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 Mounds View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mounds View 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 Mounds View:
- 45.107112, -93.207699
- 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 Mounds View
- 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 Ramsey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ramsey County
- Since Mounds View is near Anoka County and also Hennepin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anoka County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hennepin 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 Mounds View
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mounds View ...
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.
- Bald Eagle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bald Eagle is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Eagle
- Blaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Circle Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coon Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
- Coon Rapids
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Falcon Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gem Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Johnsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Johnsville is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Little Canada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Robbinsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Bear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
How Far From Mounds View 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 Mounds View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mounds View and extending to:
- Saint Paul, which is the Seat of Ramsey County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mounds View to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 931 miles [1,498.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 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 '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- Mounds View) 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 Mounds View 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 Mounds View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1071, Longitude: -93.2077 In this case, the coordinates for Mounds View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.255 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.13 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.575 degrees. |
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