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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 Winnebago, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winnebago 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 Winnebago:
- 43.767807, -94.165770
- 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 Winnebago
- 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 Faribault County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faribault County
- Since Winnebago is near Blue Earth County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blue Earth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin 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 Winnebago
Communities Also Named Winnebago ...
We found four communities that are also named Winnebago.
There is one other community in Minnesota that is also named Winnebago.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Houston 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 Minnesota community of Winnebago [Houston County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Winnebago County
- This Winnebago is located in Winnebago County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Winnebago that is located in Faribault County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Winnebago.
- Nebraska
- Thurston County
- This Winnebago is located in Thurston County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Winnebago that is located in Faribault County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of Winnebago.
- Wisconsin
- Winnebago County
- This Winnebago is located in Winnebago County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<2> to the east of the Winnebago that is located in Faribault County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Winnebago.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winnebago ...
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.
- Amboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blue Earth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frost
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Good Thunder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Granada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Minnesota Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pilot Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pilot Grove is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Willow Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Winnebago 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 city such as Winnebago to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Winnebago and extending to:
- Blue Earth, which is the Seat of Faribault County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winnebago to Blue Earth, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 947 miles [1,524 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Winnebago 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winnebago) 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 Winnebago 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 Winnebago. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7678, Longitude: -94.1658 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.921 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.713 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.435 degrees. |
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