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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 Thompson Riverview Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thompson Riverview Terrace and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Thompson Riverview Terrace
  • 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 Thompson Riverview Terrace:
    • 45.157465, -93.331896
    • 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 Thompson Riverview Terrace
  • 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 Anoka County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anoka County
    • Since Thompson Riverview Terrace is near Hennepin County and also Ramsey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hennepin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ramsey 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 Thompson Riverview Terrace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thompson Riverview Terrace ...

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.

  • Blaine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Circle Pines
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Constance
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Constance is located in Anoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
  • Coon Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
  • Coon Rapids
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Crystal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Ham Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hilltop
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hilltop is located in Anoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
  • Johnsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnsville is located in Anoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
  • Maple Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mounds View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Robbinsdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

How Far From Thompson Riverview Terrace 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 Thompson Riverview Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Thompson Riverview Terrace and extending to:

  • Anoka, which is the Seat of Anoka County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Thompson Riverview Terrace to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 938 miles [1,509.6 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 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,880 miles [7,853.6 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 from Point A (ie- Thompson Riverview Terrace) 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 Thompson Riverview Terrace 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 Thompson Riverview Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1575, Longitude: -93.3319       In this case, the coordinates for Thompson Riverview Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.343 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.237 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.63 degrees.