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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 Suomi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Suomi 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 Suomi:
- 47.483279, -93.741319
- 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 Suomi
- 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 Itasca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Itasca County
- Since Suomi is near Cass County and also Koochiching County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Koochiching 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 Suomi
Communities Also Named Suomi ...
We found two communities that are also named Suomi.
Within Minnesota, the name Suomi is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Dodge 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 Georgia community of Suomi [Dodge County].
- Ontario
- This Suomi lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Suomi that is located in Itasca County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Suomi ...
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.
- Ball Club
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Club is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Club
- Bass Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bass Brook is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Brook
- Bowstring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowstring is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowstring
- Deer River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elevenmile Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elevenmile Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevenmile Corner
- Grand Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gunn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gunn is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
- Jessie Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jessie Lake is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie Lake
- Marble
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Silverwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Silverwood is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
- Taconite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Taconite is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taconite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
How Far From Suomi to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Suomi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Suomi and extending to:
- Grand Rapids, which is the Seat of Itasca County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Suomi to Grand Rapids, with an average speed<4> 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 6 hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,791 miles [7,710.4 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 Suomi 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Suomi) 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 Suomi 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 Suomi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4833, Longitude: -93.7413 In this case, the coordinates for Suomi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.616 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.858 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.216 degrees. |
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