Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rice Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rice Lake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rice Lake
- 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 Rice Lake:
- 47.390236, -95.509189
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Rice Lake
- 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 Clearwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
- Since Rice Lake is near Mahnomen County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mahnomen County
- eBird sighting report for Polk 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Rice Lake ...
We found six communities that share the name Rice Lake.
There are three communities within Minnesota that are also named Rice Lake.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Dodge County
- Steele County
- Wright County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ontario
- This Rice Lake lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the north of the Rice Lake that is located in Clearwater County.
- Wisconsin
- Manitoba
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rice Lake ...
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.
- Big Bear Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Bear Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
- Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Bonga Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonga Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
- Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Bush Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
- Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jack Pine
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Mallard ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Minerva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Minerva is located in Clearwater County
- Pine Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Roy Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Lake
- Roy Lake is located in Mahnomen County
How Far From Rice Lake to ...
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 community such as Rice Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rice Lake and extending to:
- Bagley, which is the Seat of Clearwater County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rice Lake to Bagley, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 204 miles [328.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,095 miles [1,762.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,167 miles [9,924.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rice Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clearwater County: www.co.clearwater.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rice Lake 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rice Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rice Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3902, Longitude: -95.5092 In this case, the coordinates for Rice Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Rice Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.902 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.303 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.258 degrees. |