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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 Mountain Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Lake 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 Mountain Lake:
- 43.940776, -94.926171
- 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 Mountain Lake
- 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 Cottonwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cottonwood County
- Since Mountain Lake is near Watonwan County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Watonwan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Mountain Lake
Communities Also Named Mountain Lake ...
We found six communities that are also named Mountain Lake.
Within Minnesota, the name Mountain Lake is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Polk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Mountain Lake [Polk County].
- New Jersey
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Mountain Lake [Warren County].
- Ontario
- This Mountain Lake lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mountain Lake that is located in Cottonwood County.
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- This Mountain Lake is located in Bradford County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<2> to the east of the Mountain Lake that is located in Cottonwood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Mountain Lake.
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- This Mountain Lake is located in Clarke County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mountain Lake that is located in Cottonwood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Mountain Lake.
- Giles County
- This Mountain Lake is located in Giles County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km] to the east southeast of the Mountain Lake that is located in Cottonwood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Mountain Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Lake ...
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.
- Alpha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Fox Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Lake is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Heron Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heron Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
- Iberia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Iberia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Lewisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Stark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stark is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Tenmile Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tenmile Corner is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Corner
- Welcome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Mountain Lake 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 Mountain Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Lake and extending to:
- Windom, which is the Seat of Cottonwood County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Lake to Windom, with an average speed<4> 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 114 miles [183.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 987 miles [1,588.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,995 miles [8,038.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Mountain Lake 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mountain Lake 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 Mountain Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9408, Longitude: -94.9262 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.462 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.355 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.804 degrees. |
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