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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 Oshawa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oshawa 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 Oshawa:
- 44.300398, -94.105283
- 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 Oshawa
- 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 Nicollet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicollet County
- Since Oshawa is near Le Sueur County and also Blue Earth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Le Sueur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blue Earth 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 Oshawa
Communities Also Named Oshawa ...
We found two communities that are also named Oshawa.
There is one other community in Minnesota that is also named Oshawa.
Beyond Minnesota, there is another community also named Oshawa in the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Cass County
- This Oshawa is located in Cass County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the north of the Oshawa that is located in Nicollet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Oshawa.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- This Oshawa lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the east of the Oshawa that is located in Nicollet County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oshawa ...
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.
- Butternut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Butternut is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Eagle Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Crystal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Sweden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Norseland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Norseland is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norseland
- Poor Farm Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poor Farm Landing is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm Landing
- Rush River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rush River is located in Sibley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush River
- Skyline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Skyline is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Traverse
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Traverse is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse
How Far From Oshawa 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 community such as Oshawa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oshawa and extending to:
- Saint Peter, which is the Seat of Nicollet County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Oshawa to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 954 miles [1,535.3 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 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,948 miles [7,963 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- Oshawa) 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 Oshawa 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 Oshawa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3004, Longitude: -94.1053 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.886 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.742 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.272 degrees. |
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