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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 Taopi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taopi 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 Taopi:
- 43.557524, -92.640665
- 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 Taopi
- 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 Mower County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mower County
- Since Taopi is near Mitchell County and also Fillmore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fillmore 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 Taopi
Communities Also Named Taopi ...
We found two communities that are also named Taopi.
Within Minnesota, the name Taopi is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Dakota
- Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Taopi [Minnehaha County].
- Texas
- Fisher 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 Texas community of Taopi [Fisher County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Taopi ...
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.
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Grand Meadow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Johnsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsburg is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Le Roy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Cedar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Little Cedar is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cedar
- Lyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Riceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rose Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stacyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stacyville is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
How Far From Taopi 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 city such as Taopi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Taopi and extending to:
- Austin, which is the Seat of Mower County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Taopi to Austin, 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 five to six hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 870 miles [1,400.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,275 miles [10,098.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Taopi 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Taopi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Taopi 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 Taopi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5575, Longitude: -92.6407 In this case, the coordinates for Taopi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.849 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.459 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.675 degrees. |
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