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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 Porter:
44.641915, -96.168992
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.
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 Yellow Medicine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 29 communities that are also named Porter.
Within Minnesota, the name Porter is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of 29 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 28 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Porter is located in Jefferson County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Porter.
Arkansas
Crawford 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 Arkansas community of Porter [Crawford County].
California
Calaveras County
This Porter is located in Calaveras County and lies 1,320 miles [2,124.3 km]<1> to the west of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calaveras County community of Porter.
Colorado
La Plata 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 Colorado community of Porter [La Plata County].
Delaware
New Castle County
This Porter is located in New Castle County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Porter.
Georgia
Bleckley County
This Porter is located in Bleckley County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bleckley County community of Porter.
Indiana
Porter County
This Porter is located in Porter County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Porter.
Kentucky
Knott County
This Porter is located in Knott County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knott County community of Porter.
Scott County
This Porter is located in Scott County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km] to the east southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Porter.
Maine
Oxford County
This Porter is located in Oxford County and lies 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km]<1> to the east of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Porter.
Michigan
Menominee 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 Porter [Menominee County].
Midland County
This Porter is located in Midland County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the east of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Porter.
Missouri
Scott County
This Porter is located in Scott County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Porter.
New Mexico
Quay County
This Porter is located in Quay County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of Porter.
Sandoval County
This Porter is located in Sandoval County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km] to the southwest of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandoval County community of Porter.
New York
Washington County
This Porter is located in Washington County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<1> to the east of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Porter.
North Carolina
Beaufort County
This Porter is located in Beaufort County and lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Porter.
Stanly County
This Porter is located in Stanly County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km] to the east southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Porter.
Nova Scotia
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 Nova Scotia community of Porter.
Ohio
Gallia County
This Porter is located in Gallia County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Porter.
Sandusky County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Sandusky County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of Porter.
Scioto County
This community is historic and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Porter.
Oklahoma
Wagoner County
This Porter is located in Wagoner County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the south of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wagoner County community of Porter.
Pennsylvania
Jefferson County
This Porter is located in Jefferson County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the east of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Porter.
Tennessee
Dickson County
This Porter is located in Dickson County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Porter.
Texas
Montgomery County
This Porter is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the south of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Porter.
Washington
Grays Harbor County
This Porter is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 1,309 miles [2,106.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Porter.
West Virginia
Clay County
This Porter is located in Clay County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Porter that is located in Yellow Medicine County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Porter.
Tucker 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 West Virginia community of Porter [Tucker County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Porter ...
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.
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 city such as Porter to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Porter and extending to:
Granite Falls, which is the Seat of Yellow Medicine County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Porter to Granite Falls, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Porter) 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 Porter 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>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Porter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Porter 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 Porter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6419, Longitude: -96.1690 In this case, the coordinates for Porter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.364 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.476 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.318 degrees.