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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 Rice Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rice Lake 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 Rice Lake:
- 44.110520, -93.046037
- 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 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 Steele County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steele County
- Since Rice Lake is near Dodge County and also Rice County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rice 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 Rice Lake
Communities Also Named Rice Lake ...
We found six communities that are also named Rice Lake.
There are three communities within Minnesota that are also named Rice Lake.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of three communities that are located 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 ...
- Clearwater County
- This Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rice Lake that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Rice Lake.
- Dodge 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 Minnesota community of Rice Lake [Dodge County].
- Wright County
- This Rice Lake is located in Wright County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rice Lake that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Rice Lake.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ontario
- This Rice Lake lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rice Lake that is located in Steele County.
- Wisconsin
- Barron County
- This Rice Lake is located in Barron County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rice Lake that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barron County community of Rice Lake.
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.
- Bixby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bixby is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
- Blooming Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bombay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bombay is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay
- Dodge Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Havana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Havana is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Prairieville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieville is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- River Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- River Point is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Skyberg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Skyberg is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyberg
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Rice Lake 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 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:
- Owatonna, which is the Seat of Steele County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Rice Lake to Owatonna, 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 58 miles [93.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 900 miles [1,448.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,013 miles [11,286.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,917 miles [7,913.1 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- Rice Lake) 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 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. |
| <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 Rice Lake 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 Rice Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1105, Longitude: -93.0460 In this case, the coordinates for Rice Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.137 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.862 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.749 degrees. |
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