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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 Pine Cone Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Cone Court 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 Pine Cone Court:
- 46.600833, -95.588333
- 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 Pine Cone Court
- 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 Otter Tail County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otter Tail County
- Since Pine Cone Court is near Becker County and also Wadena County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Becker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wadena 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 Pine Cone Court
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Cone Court ...
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.
- Basswood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Basswood is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Butler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Butler is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Dent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Leaf City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leaf City is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf City
- Ottertail
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Richdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richdale is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richdale
- Richville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Pine Cone Court 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 community such as Pine Cone Court to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pine Cone Court and extending to:
- Fergus Falls, which is the Seat of Otter Tail County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Cone Court to Fergus Falls, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 165 miles [265.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,897 miles [7,881 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Cone Court) 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 Pine Cone Court 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 Pine Cone Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6008, Longitude: -95.5883 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Cone Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.963 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.27 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.511 degrees. |
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