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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 Brighton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Brighton 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 New Brighton:
- 45.065429, -93.202292
- 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 Brighton
- 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 New Brighton 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 New Brighton
Communities Also Named New Brighton ...
We found five communities that are also named New Brighton.
Within Minnesota, the name New Brighton is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This New Brighton lies 1,438 miles [2,314.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Brighton that is located in Ramsey County.
- California
- Santa Cruz County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of New Brighton [Santa Cruz County].
- Kansas
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of New Brighton [Jackson County].
- New York
- Richmond County
- This New Brighton is located in Richmond County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the east of the New Brighton that is located in Ramsey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of New Brighton.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- This New Brighton is located in Beaver County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the New Brighton that is located in Ramsey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of New Brighton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Brighton ...
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.
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Circle Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coon Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Falcon Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gem Lake
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Little Canada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mounds View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Robbinsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From New Brighton 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 New Brighton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Brighton and extending to:
- Saint Paul, which is the Seat of Ramsey County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Brighton to Saint Paul, with an average speed<5> 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 930 miles [1,496.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,880 miles [7,853.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- New Brighton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about New Brighton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 New Brighton 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Brighton 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 Brighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0654, Longitude: -93.2023 In this case, the coordinates for New Brighton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.12 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.583 degrees. |
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