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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 Oslo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oslo 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 Oslo:
- 43.892185, -92.738519
- 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 Oslo
- 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 Dodge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Since Oslo is near Olmsted County and also Mower County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Olmsted County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mower 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 Oslo
Communities Also Named Oslo ...
We found three communities that are also named Oslo.
There is one other community in Minnesota that is also named Oslo.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Marshall County
- This Oslo is located in Marshall County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oslo that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Oslo.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Indian River County
- This Oslo is located in Indian River County and lies 1,318 miles [2,121.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Oslo that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indian River County community of Oslo.
- Wisconsin
- Manitowoc County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Oslo [Manitowoc County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oslo ...
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.
- Danesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Danesville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danesville
- Dodge Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Golden Hill is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Hayfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- High Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- High Forest is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
- Judge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Judge is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
- Mayville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mayville is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Post Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Post Town is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Town
- Rock Dell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock Dell is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Dell
- Sargeant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sargeant is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargeant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Shanty Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shanty Town is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
How Far From Oslo 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 Oslo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oslo and extending to:
- Mantorville, which is the Seat of Dodge County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Oslo to Mantorville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,013 miles [11,286.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oslo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Oslo 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Oslo 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 Oslo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8922, Longitude: -92.7385 In this case, the coordinates for Oslo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.92 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.585 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.64 degrees. |
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