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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 Pierz, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pierz 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 Pierz:
- 45.978007, -94.101441
- 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 Pierz
- 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 Morrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrison County
- Since Pierz is near Benton County and also Mille Lacs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mille Lacs 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 Pierz
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pierz ...
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.
- Gregory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hillman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jakeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jakeville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakeville
- Johnsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Johnsdale is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsdale
- Little Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Little Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Little Rock is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Maple Leaf Court
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maple Leaf Court is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Leaf Court
- Rice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Pierz 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 Pierz to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pierz and extending to:
- Little Falls, which is the Seat of Morrison County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Pierz to Little Falls, with an average speed<3> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 994 miles [1,599.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,871 miles [7,839.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pierz) 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 Pierz 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 Pierz. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9780, Longitude: -94.1014 In this case, the coordinates for Pierz have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.891 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.969 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.837 degrees. |
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