Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sedan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sedan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sedan
- 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 Sedan:
- 45.578292, -95.244671
- 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 Sedan
- 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 Pope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pope County
- Since Sedan is near Stearns County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Stearns County
- eBird sighting report for Douglas 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sedan ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Sedan.
Within Minnesota, the name Sedan is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- This Sedan is located in Chautauqua County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<2> to the south of the Sedan that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Sedan.
- Phillips 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 Sedan [Phillips County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nuckolls County
- This Sedan is located in Nuckolls County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Sedan that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nuckolls County community of Sedan.
- Scotts Bluff County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Scotts Bluff County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotts Bluff County community of Sedan.
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sedan ...
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.
- Farwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Georgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Georgeville is located in Stearns County
- Grove Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lake
- Grove Lake is located in Pope County
- Long Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Long Beach is located in Pope County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Nelson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Regal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Starbuck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbuck
- Starbuck is located in Pope County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Starbuck <5>
- Swift Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swift Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Falls
- Swift Falls is located in Swift County
- Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Sedan to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Sedan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sedan and extending to:
- Glenwood, which is the Seat of Pope County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Sedan to Saint Paul, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sedan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pope County: www.mncounties3.org/pope/
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 Sedan 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sedan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sedan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5783, Longitude: -95.2447 In this case, the coordinates for Sedan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sedan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Sedan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.711 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.851 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.579 degrees. |