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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 Stroms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stroms 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 Stroms:
- 44.629412, -92.661585
- 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 Stroms
- 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 Goodhue County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goodhue County
- Since Stroms is near Pierce County and also Dakota County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dakota 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 Stroms
Communities Also Named Stroms ...
We found one communities that are also named Stroms.
Within Minnesota, the name Stroms is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, there is another community also named Stroms in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- This Stroms is located in Dougherty County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Stroms that is located in Goodhue County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Stroms.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stroms ...
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.
- Cannon Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Claybank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Claybank is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Diamond Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Empire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Empire is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Hay Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Maiden Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Moeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Randolph
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Red Wing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snows Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Snows Corner is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Corner
- White Willow
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- White Willow is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Willow
How Far From Stroms 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 Stroms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stroms and extending to:
- Red Wing, which is the Seat of Goodhue County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Stroms to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 894 miles [1,438.8 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 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,974 miles [11,223.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Stroms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Stroms 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 Stroms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6294, Longitude: -92.6616 In this case, the coordinates for Stroms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.869 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.405 degrees. |
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