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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 New Auburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Auburn and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 New Auburn:
    • 44.671957, -94.229704
    • 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 New Auburn
  • 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 Sibley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sibley County
    • Since New Auburn is near McLeod County and also Carver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McLeod County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carver 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 New Auburn

Communities Also Named New Auburn ...

We found three communities that are also named New Auburn.

Within Minnesota, the name New Auburn is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This New Auburn is located in Cook County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the New Auburn that is located in Sibley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of New Auburn.
    • Maine
      • Androscoggin County
      • This New Auburn is located in Androscoggin County and lies 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km]<1> to the east of the New Auburn that is located in Sibley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Androscoggin County community of New Auburn.
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa County
      • This New Auburn is located in Chippewa County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Auburn that is located in Sibley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of New Auburn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Auburn ...

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.

How Far From New Auburn 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 New Auburn to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Auburn and extending to:

  • Gaylord, which is the Seat of Sibley County, lies just to the South.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from New Auburn to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 968 miles [1,557.8 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 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 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,935 miles [7,942.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- New Auburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 New Auburn 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 New Auburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6720, Longitude: -94.2297       In this case, the coordinates for New Auburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.978 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.897 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.246 degrees.