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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sacred Heart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sacred Heart and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sacred Heart:
    • 44.785852, -95.349950
    • 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 Sacred Heart
  • 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 Sacred Heart ...

We found two communities that share the name Sacred Heart.

Within Minnesota, the name Sacred Heart is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Johnson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sacred Heart [Johnson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Pottawatomie County
      • This Sacred Heart is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<2> to the south of the Sacred Heart that is located in Renville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Sacred Heart.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sacred Heart ...

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.

  • Clara City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clara City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara City
    • Clara City is located in Chippewa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,273 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clara City <4>
  • Cottonwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
    • Cottonwood is located in Lyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,223 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood <4>
  • Echo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
    • Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <4>
  • Granite Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hazel Run
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
    • Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • Raymond
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Raymond is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <4>
  • Roseland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley Courts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Courts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Courts
    • Valley Courts is located in Yellow Medicine County
  • Wood Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
    • Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people

How Far From Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sacred Heart and extending to:

  • Olivia, which is the Seat of Renville County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Sacred Heart to Olivia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,971 miles [8,000 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sacred Heart. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Renville County: www.co.renville.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 Sacred Heart 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sacred Heart) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sacred Heart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7859, Longitude: -95.3500    
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Sacred Heart 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 319.779 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.825 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.833 degrees.




 

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