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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Lake 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 Lake:
- 45.497742, -94.286660
- 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 Lake
- 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 Stearns County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stearns County
- Since Pleasant Lake is near Benton County and also Sherburne 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 Sherburne 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 Lake
Communities Also Named Pleasant Lake ...
We found eight communities that are also named Pleasant Lake.
Within Minnesota, the name Pleasant Lake is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Steuben County
- This Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pleasant Lake that is located in Stearns County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Pleasant Lake.
- Maine
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Pleasant Lake [Washington County].
- Massachusetts
- Barnstable County
- This Pleasant Lake is located in Barnstable County and lies 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km]<1> to the east of the Pleasant Lake that is located in Stearns County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of Pleasant Lake.
- Michigan
- Hillsdale County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pleasant Lake [Hillsdale County].
- Jackson County
- This Pleasant Lake is located in Jackson County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pleasant Lake that is located in Stearns County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Pleasant Lake.
- Washtenaw County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pleasant Lake [Washtenaw County].
- North Dakota
- Benson County
- This Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pleasant Lake that is located in Stearns County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benson County community of Pleasant Lake.
- Nova Scotia
- This Pleasant Lake lies 1,385 miles [2,228.9 km]<1> to the east of the Pleasant Lake that is located in Stearns County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Lake ...
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.
- Cable
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cable is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Cold Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Collegeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Jacobs Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jacobs Prairie is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Prairie
- Marty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marty is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
- Riverview Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Park is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Park
- Rockville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Pleasant Lake 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 city such as Pleasant Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pleasant Lake and extending to:
- Saint Cloud, which is the Seat of Stearns County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Pleasant Lake to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 990 miles [1,593.3 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 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 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Pleasant Lake 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. |
| <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 Pleasant Lake 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 Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4977, Longitude: -94.2867 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.023 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.057 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.066 degrees. |
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