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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 Shakopee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shakopee 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 Shakopee:
- 44.774474, -93.475187
- 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 Shakopee
- 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 Shakopee is near Hennepin County and also Carver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hennepin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carver 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 Shakopee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shakopee ...
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 west)
- Credit River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Deer Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Eden Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glen Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glen Lake is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lake
- Grainwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grainwood is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainwood
- Jonathan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jonathan is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
- Lydia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lydia is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Marystown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Orchard Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Orchard Garden is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Garden
- Prior Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Savage
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Shakopee 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 Shakopee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shakopee and extending to:
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Shakopee to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 935 miles [1,504.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,903 miles [7,890.6 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- Shakopee) 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 Shakopee 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 Shakopee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7745, Longitude: -93.4752 In this case, the coordinates for Shakopee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.444 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.809 degrees. |
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