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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 Regal:
45.405387, -94.839688
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 found three communities that share the name Regal.
Within Minnesota, the name Regal is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Missouri
Ray County
This Regal is located in Ray County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the south of the Regal that is located in Kandiyohi County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Regal.
North Carolina
Cherokee County
This Regal is located in Cherokee County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Regal that is located in Kandiyohi County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Regal.
Washington
Kittitas County
This Regal is located in Kittitas County and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Regal that is located in Kandiyohi County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittitas County community of Regal.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Regal ...
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.
Cold Spring (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grove Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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 Regal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Regal and extending to:
Willmar, which is the Seat of Kandiyohi County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Regal to Willmar, with an average speed<5> 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 90 miles [144.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,251 miles [10,060 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Regal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Regal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4054, Longitude: -94.8397 In this case, the coordinates for Regal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Regal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.419 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.496 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.397 degrees.