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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 Saint Cloud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Cloud 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 Saint Cloud:
    • 45.557489, -94.160886
    • 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 Saint Cloud
  • 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 Saint Cloud ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Saint Cloud.

Within Minnesota, the name Saint Cloud is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Larimer 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 Colorado community of Saint Cloud [Larimer County].
    • Florida
      • Osceola County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Osceola County and lies 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km]<2> to the southeast of the Saint Cloud that is located in Stearns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osceola County community of Saint Cloud.
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson 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 Kansas community of Saint Cloud [Dickinson County].
    • Missouri
      • Crawford County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Crawford County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Saint Cloud that is located in Stearns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Saint Cloud.
      • Ray County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Ray County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km] to the south of the Saint Cloud that is located in Stearns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Saint Cloud.
    • New Jersey
      • Essex County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Essex County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Saint Cloud that is located in Stearns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Saint Cloud.
    • Ontario
      • This Saint Cloud lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Cloud that is located in Stearns County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington 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 Pennsylvania community of Saint Cloud [Washington County].
    • Washington
      • Skamania County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Skamania County and lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<2> to the west of the Saint Cloud that is located in Stearns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skamania County community of Saint Cloud.
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Monongalia County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Saint Cloud that is located in Stearns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Saint Cloud.
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • This Saint Cloud is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Saint Cloud that is located in Stearns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Saint Cloud.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Cloud ...

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.

  • Cable
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cable have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
    • Cable is located in Sherburne County
  • Clear Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Clear Lake is located in Sherburne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clear Lake <4>
  • Clearwater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
    • Clearwater is located in Wright County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <4>
  • Collegeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
    • Evergreen Village is located in Benton County
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Stearns County
  • Fruitville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
    • Fruitville is located in Benton County
  • Mayhew
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayhew have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
    • Mayhew is located in Benton County
  • Parent
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parent have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parent
    • Parent is located in Benton County
  • Pleasant Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
    • Pleasant Lake is located in Stearns County
  • Riverview Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Park
    • Riverview Park is located in Stearns County
  • Rockville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Rockville is located in Stearns County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockville <4>

How Far From Saint Cloud 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 Saint Cloud to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Saint Cloud to Saint Paul, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 986 miles [1,586.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,893 miles [7,874.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Saint Cloud: www.ci.stcloud.mn.us/

The official website for Stearns County: www.co.stearns.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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Saint Cloud 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 from Point A (ie- Saint Cloud) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Cloud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5575, Longitude: -94.1609    
<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 Saint Cloud 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 318.934 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.963 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.981 degrees.




 

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