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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 Red Wing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Wing 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 Red Wing:
- 44.562096, -92.545219
- 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 Red Wing
- 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 Goodhue County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goodhue County
- Since Red Wing 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 Red Wing
Communities Also Named Red Wing ...
We found four communities that are also named Red Wing.
Within Minnesota, the name Red Wing is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Sevier County
- This Red Wing is located in Sevier County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the south of the Red Wing that is located in Goodhue County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Red Wing.
- Colorado
- Huerfano County
- This Red Wing is located in Huerfano County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Red Wing that is located in Goodhue County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huerfano County community of Red Wing.
- Nebraska
- Nance 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 Nebraska community of Red Wing [Nance County].
- Ontario
- This Red Wing lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the east of the Red Wing that is located in Goodhue County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Wing ...
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.
- Claybank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Claybank is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Diamond Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Hay Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maiden Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Moeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Center is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Center
- Snows Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Snows Corner is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Corner
- White Willow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- White Willow is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Willow
How Far From Red Wing 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 city such as Red Wing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Red Wing and extending to:
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Red Wing to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 887 miles [1,427.5 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 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Red Wing) 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 Red Wing 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 Red Wing 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 Red Wing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5621, Longitude: -92.5452 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.787 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.524 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.361 degrees. |
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