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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 Point Douglas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point Douglas 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 Point Douglas:
- 44.751079, -92.817981
- 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 Point Douglas
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Point Douglas is near Pierce County and also Dakota County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dakota 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 Point Douglas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Point Douglas ...
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.
- Cottage Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Empire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Glover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glover is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Highwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Landfall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Moeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Pine Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Bend is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Rich Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rich Valley is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Roseport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roseport is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseport
- Sunfish Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Point Douglas 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 Point Douglas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Point Douglas and extending to:
- Stillwater, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Point Douglas to Stillwater, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 904 miles [1,454.8 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 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,219 miles [10,008.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Point Douglas) 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 Point Douglas 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 Point Douglas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7511, Longitude: -92.8180 In this case, the coordinates for Point Douglas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.979 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.768 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.458 degrees. |
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