Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Thorhult, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thorhult and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Thorhult

• 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 Thorhult:
  • 48.230243, -95.248045
  • 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 Thorhult

• 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 Beltrami County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Beltrami County
  • Since Thorhult is near Marshall County and also Lake of the Woods County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake of the Woods 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 Thorhult

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thorhult ...

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.

• Erie
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Erie is located in Pennington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
• Four Town
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Four Town is located in Beltrami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Town
• Gates Corner
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Gates Corner is located in Beltrami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
• Jelle
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jelle is located in Beltrami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelle
• Little Rock
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Little Rock is located in Beltrami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
• Malcolm
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Malcolm is located in Beltrami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
• Oaks Corner
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Oaks Corner is located in Lake of the Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks Corner
• Red Lake
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Lake is located in Beltrami County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lake <1>
• Winner
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Winner is located in Roseau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner

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

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

• Bemidji, which is the Seat of Beltrami County, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Thorhult to Bemidji, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 248 miles [399.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,111 miles [1,788 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,811 miles [7,742.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'