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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 Spring Lodge Resort and Marina, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Lodge Resort and Marina and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Spring Lodge Resort and Marina
- 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 Spring Lodge Resort and Marina:
- 48.597706, -93.211255
- 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 Spring Lodge Resort and Marina
- 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 Spring Lodge Resort and Marina 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 Spring Lodge Resort and Marina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Lodge Resort and Marina ...
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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Box Alder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Falls Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Falls Junction is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- International Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Island View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Island View is located in Koochiching County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Littlefork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nickel Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Inlet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Windy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Spring Lodge Resort and Marina 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 Spring Lodge Resort and Marina to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spring Lodge Resort and Marina and extending to:
- International Falls, which is the Seat of Koochiching County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Spring Lodge Resort and Marina to International Falls, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three 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 1,044 miles [1,680.2 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 6,034 miles [9,710.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,723 miles [7,600.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Lodge Resort and Marina) 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 Spring Lodge Resort and Marina 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 Spring Lodge Resort and Marina. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5977, Longitude: -93.2113 In this case, the coordinates for Spring Lodge Resort and Marina have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.205 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.544 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.579 degrees. |
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