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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 Valley View Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley View Terrace 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 Valley View Terrace:
- 44.626944, -93.775556
- 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 Valley View 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Valley View Terrace is near Carver County and also Sibley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carver County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sibley 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 Valley View Terrace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley View 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.
- Assumption
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Carver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Isle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jonathan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jonathan is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lydia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Marystown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- New Prague
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Young America
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Valley View Terrace 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 Valley View 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 Valley View Terrace and extending to:
- Shakopee, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Valley View Terrace to Shakopee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 946 miles [1,522.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,921 miles [7,919.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Valley View 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 Valley View 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 Valley View Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6269, Longitude: -93.7756 In this case, the coordinates for Valley View Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.656 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.523 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.01 degrees. |
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