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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 Josephs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Josephs 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 Saint Josephs:
- 44.660519, -93.563288
- 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 Saint Josephs
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Saint Josephs is near Carver County and also Rice County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carver 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 Saint Josephs
Communities Also Named Saint Josephs ...
We found five communities that are also named Saint Josephs.
Within Minnesota, the name Saint Josephs is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Seminole County
- This Saint Josephs is located in Seminole County and lies 1,283 miles [2,064.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Saint Josephs that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Saint Josephs.
- New York
- Sullivan County
- This Saint Josephs is located in Sullivan County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the east of the Saint Josephs that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Saint Josephs.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Saint Josephs lies 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saint Josephs that is located in Scott County.
- Ohio
- Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Saint Josephs [Hamilton County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Saint Josephs lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Josephs that is located in Scott County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Josephs ...
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.
- Carver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Grainwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grainwood is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainwood
- Jordan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lydia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Marystown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- New Prague
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prior Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Saint Josephs 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 Saint Josephs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Josephs and extending to:
- Shakopee, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Saint Josephs to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 937 miles [1,508 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 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,248 miles [10,055.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,911 miles [7,903.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Josephs) 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 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 Josephs 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 Saint Josephs 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 Saint Josephs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6605, Longitude: -93.5633 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Josephs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.505 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.356 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.886 degrees. |
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