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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 Skibo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skibo 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 Skibo:
- 47.485479, -91.994337
- 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 Skibo
- 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 Skibo is near Lake County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Skibo
Communities Also Named Skibo ...
We found three communities that are also named Skibo.
Within Minnesota, the name Skibo is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Muhlenberg 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 Kentucky community of Skibo [Muhlenberg County].
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Skibo is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,089 miles [1,752.6 km]<2> to the southeast of the Skibo that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Skibo.
- Ontario
- This Skibo lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<2> to the east of the Skibo that is located in Saint Louis County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skibo ...
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.
- Allen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Allen is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen has also been known as:
- Allen Junction
- Aurora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Clappers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clappers is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clappers
- Embarrass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Junction
- Happy Wanderer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Wanderer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Wanderer
- Jordan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Mesaba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mesaba is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesaba
- Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ridge is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
How Far From Skibo 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 Skibo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Skibo and extending to:
- Duluth, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Skibo to Duluth, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 955 miles [1,536.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,053 miles [9,741.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,728 miles [7,609 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Skibo 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Skibo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Skibo 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 Skibo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4855, Longitude: -91.9943 In this case, the coordinates for Skibo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.358 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.435 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.218 degrees. |
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