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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 Sha-Sha Resort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sha-Sha Resort 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 Sha-Sha Resort:
- 48.596314, -93.160421
- 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 Sha-Sha Resort
- 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 Koochiching County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Koochiching County
- Since Sha-Sha Resort is near Saint Louis County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis 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 Sha-Sha Resort
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sha-Sha Resort ...
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.
- Bear Pass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Box Alder
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Falls Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Falls Junction is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- International Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Island View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Island View is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Littlefork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nickel Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Olive
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Rocky Inlet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Windy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Sha-Sha Resort 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 community such as Sha-Sha Resort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sha-Sha Resort and extending to:
- International Falls, which is the Seat of Koochiching County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sha-Sha Resort to International Falls, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 251 miles [403.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,033 miles [9,709.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,721 miles [7,597.7 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sha-Sha Resort) 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 Sha-Sha Resort 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 Sha-Sha Resort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5963, Longitude: -93.1604 In this case, the coordinates for Sha-Sha Resort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.168 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.502 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.55 degrees. |
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