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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 Nodine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nodine 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 Nodine:
- 43.904906, -91.435910
- 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 Nodine
- 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 Winona County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winona County
- Since Nodine is near Houston County and also La Crosse County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Crosse 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 Nodine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nodine ...
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.
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cold Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Dakota
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dakota is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- French Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grand Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Homer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Homer is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- La Crosse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Money Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pickwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pickwick is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Pine Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- River Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- River Junction is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Sunset Point ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Point is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Point
- Village Terrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Village Terrace is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Terrace
How Far From Nodine 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 community such as Nodine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Nodine and extending to:
- Winona, which is the Seat of Winona County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nodine to Winona, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 820 miles [1,319.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,865 miles [7,829.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nodine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Nodine 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 Nodine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9049, Longitude: -91.4359 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.012 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.552 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.945 degrees. |
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