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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 Platte, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Platte 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 Platte:
- 46.105520, -94.082212
- 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 Platte
- 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 Platte is near Crow Wing County and also Mille Lacs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crow Wing 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 Platte
Communities Also Named Platte ...
We found two communities that are also named Platte.
Within Minnesota, the name Platte is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Benzie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Platte [Benzie County].
- South Dakota
- Charles Mix County
- This Platte is located in Charles Mix County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Platte that is located in Morrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles Mix County community of Platte.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Platte ...
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.
- Crow Wing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crow Wing is located in Crow Wing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Wing
- Gregory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hillman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Johnsdale is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsdale
- Little Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Little Rock is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Maple Leaf Court
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Leaf Court is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Leaf Court
- Vineland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
How Far From Platte 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 Platte to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Platte and extending to:
- Little Falls, which is the Seat of Morrison County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Platte to Little Falls, 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 five to six hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 997 miles [1,604.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,865 miles [7,829.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Platte 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Platte) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Platte 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 Platte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1055, Longitude: -94.0822 In this case, the coordinates for Platte have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.877 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.97 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.792 degrees. |
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