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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 Steelton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Steelton and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Steelton:
    • 46.670219, -92.220470
    • 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 Steelton
  • 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 Steelton is near Douglas County and also Carlton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carlton 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 Steelton

Communities Also Named Steelton ...

We found eight communities that are also named Steelton.

Within Minnesota, the name Steelton is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • This Steelton is located in Vermilion County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Steelton that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Steelton.
      • Whiteside County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Steelton [Whiteside County].
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Steelton [Daviess County].
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Steelton [Erie County].
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This Steelton is located in Franklin County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Steelton that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Steelton.
    • Ontario
      • This Steelton lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the east of the Steelton that is located in Saint Louis County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Steelton is located in Dauphin County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Steelton that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Steelton.
    • West Virginia
      • Wetzel County
      • This Steelton is located in Wetzel County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Steelton that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Steelton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Steelton ...

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.

  • Dewey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dewey is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
  • Five Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Five Corners is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Gary
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Gary is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
  • Hermantown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Oliver
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Oliver is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
  • Riverview
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Riverview is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Sunnyside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunnyside is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Superior
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
  • Superior Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Superior Village is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people

How Far From Steelton 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 Steelton to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Steelton and extending to:

  • Duluth, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Steelton to Duluth, with an average speed<4> 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 125 miles [201.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 935 miles [1,504.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Steelton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Steelton 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.
<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 Steelton 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 Steelton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6702, Longitude: -92.2205       In this case, the coordinates for Steelton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.538 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.528 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.59 degrees.