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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 Pleasant Hill Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Hill Manor 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 Pleasant Hill Manor:
- 44.204412, -93.815508
- 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 Pleasant Hill Manor
- 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 Blue Earth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blue Earth County
- Since Pleasant Hill Manor is near Le Sueur County and also Waseca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Le Sueur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waseca 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 Pleasant Hill Manor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Hill Manor ...
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.
- Eagle Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elysian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenland is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Janesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Elysian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Elysian is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Elysian
- Marysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marysburg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysburg
- Rogers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Skyline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Skyline is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
How Far From Pleasant Hill Manor to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pleasant Hill Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pleasant Hill Manor and extending to:
- Mankato, which is the Seat of Blue Earth County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Pleasant Hill Manor to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 939 miles [1,511.2 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 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,941 miles [7,951.8 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- Pleasant Hill Manor) 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 Pleasant Hill Manor 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 Pleasant Hill Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2044, Longitude: -93.8155 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Hill Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.68 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.495 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.139 degrees. |
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