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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 Pelan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pelan 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 Pelan:
- 48.643588, -96.393364
- 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 Pelan
- 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 Kittson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kittson County
- Since Pelan is near Roseau County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roseau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Pelan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pelan ...
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.
- Badger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Caribou
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Caribou is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Deerwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deerwood is located in Kittson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Fox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Greenbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leo is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Noacres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Noacres is located in Roseau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noacres
- Valley Court
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Court is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Court
How Far From Pelan 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 Pelan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pelan and extending to:
- Hallock, which is the Seat of Kittson County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pelan to Hallock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 298 miles [479.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pelan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pelan 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 Pelan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6436, Longitude: -96.3934 In this case, the coordinates for Pelan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.538 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.186 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.435 degrees. |
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