Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pease, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pease and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pease
- 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 Pease:
- 45.701664, -93.650226
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pease
- 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 Mille Lacs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mille Lacs County
- Since Pease is near Benton County and also Isanti County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Benton County
- eBird sighting report for Isanti 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pease ...
We found three communities that share the name Pease.
Within Minnesota, the name Pease is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Missouri
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pease ...
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.
- Coin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Coin is located in Kanabec County
- Crown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Crown is located in Isanti County
- Day
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Elm Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
- Elm Park is located in Isanti County
- Jakeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Lewis Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Lake
- Lewis Lake is located in Kanabec County
- Page
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Parent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Springvale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Springvale is located in Isanti County
How Far From Pease 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 city such as Pease to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pease and extending to:
- Milaca, which is the Seat of Mille Lacs County, lies just to the North.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Pease to Saint Paul, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 967 miles [1,556.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pease. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mille Lacs County: www.co.mille-lacs.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pease, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pease) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pease. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7017, Longitude: -93.6502 In this case, the coordinates for Pease have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Pease 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pease to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.569 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.567 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.66 degrees. |