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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 Oreland:
46.450795, -93.918871
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.
We found one communities that are also named Oreland.
Within Minnesota, the name Oreland is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, there is another community also named Oreland in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
This Oreland is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Oreland that is located in Crow Wing County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Oreland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oreland ...
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.
Breezy Point (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Oreland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oreland and extending to:
Brainerd, which is the Seat of Crow Wing County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oreland to Brainerd, with an average speed<3> 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 110 miles [177 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,167 miles [9,924.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,844 miles [7,795.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Oreland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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<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 Oreland 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 Oreland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4508, Longitude: -93.9189 In this case, the coordinates for Oreland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.757 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.88 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.606 degrees.