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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 Port Cargill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Cargill 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 Port Cargill:
- 44.788298, -93.331058
- 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 Port Cargill
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Port Cargill is near Hennepin County and also Dakota County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hennepin 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 Port Cargill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Cargill ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Credit River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Deer Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Park is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Eden Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grainwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grainwood is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainwood
- Orchard Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Orchard Garden is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Garden
- Prior Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Savage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Port Cargill 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 Port Cargill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Port Cargill and extending to:
- Shakopee, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the West.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Port Cargill to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 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 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,234 miles [10,032.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,989 miles [11,247.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Port Cargill) 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 Port Cargill 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 Port Cargill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7883, Longitude: -93.3311 In this case, the coordinates for Port Cargill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.342 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.186 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.727 degrees. |
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