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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 Palmers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palmers 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 Palmers:
- 46.924658, -91.850737
- 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 Palmers
- 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 Saint Louis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Since Palmers is near Lake County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Palmers
Communities Also Named Palmers ...
We found four communities that are also named Palmers.
Within Minnesota, the name Palmers is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Palmers is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Palmers that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Palmers.
- Michigan
- Ionia 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 Michigan community of Palmers [Ionia County].
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This Palmers is located in Westmoreland County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Palmers that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Palmers.
- Washington
- Stevens 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 Washington community of Palmers [Stevens County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palmers ...
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.
- Arnold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arnold is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Cloverland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverland is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- French River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- French River is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French River
- Hunters Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hunters Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Park
- Knife River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lester Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lester Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Park
- Silver Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Superior
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Two Harbors
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From Palmers 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 Palmers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palmers and extending to:
- Duluth, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Palmers to Duluth, with an average speed<4> 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 148 miles [238.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,747 miles [7,639.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Palmers) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Palmers 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 Palmers 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 Palmers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9247, Longitude: -91.8507 In this case, the coordinates for Palmers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.269 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.258 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.307 degrees. |
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