|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Roy Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roy 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 Roy Lake:
- 47.325323, -95.551327
- 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 Roy 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 Mahnomen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahnomen County
- Since Roy Lake is near Clearwater County and also Becker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Becker 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 Roy Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roy 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 east)
- Big Bear Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Landing
- Bonga Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bonga Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonga Landing
- Bush Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bush Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Landing
- Elbow Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elbow Lake is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
- Jack Pine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jack Pine is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Pine
- Mallard ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mallard is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
- Minerva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pine Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Bend is located in Mahnomen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Rice Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
How Far From Roy Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Roy Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Roy Lake and extending to:
- Mahnomen, which is the Seat of Mahnomen County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Roy Lake to Mahnomen, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 201 miles [323.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Roy Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Roy 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 Roy Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3253, Longitude: -95.5513 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.933 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.33 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.30 degrees. |
|
|