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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 Paul Church, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Paul Church 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 Paul Church:
    • 46.784941, -92.211580
    • 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 Paul Church
  • 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 Saint Louis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
    • Since Saint Paul Church is near Douglas County and also Carlton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carlton 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 Paul Church

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Paul Church ...

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.

  • Arnold
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Arnold is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
  • Five Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Corners is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Four Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Corners is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Gary
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Gary is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
  • Hermantown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hunters Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunters Park is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Park
  • Lester Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lester Park is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Park
  • Oliver
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Oliver is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
  • Riverview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Riverview is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Superior
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
  • Twig Station
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Twig Station is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig Station

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saint Paul Church and extending to:

  • Duluth, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies just to the East.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Paul Church to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 939 miles [1,511.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,852 miles [11,027.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,767 miles [7,671.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Paul Church) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Paul Church 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 Paul Church. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7849, Longitude: -92.2116       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Paul Church have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.53 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.534 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.551 degrees.