Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Esdaile:
  • 44.620801, -92.438798
  • 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 Esdaile

• 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
  • Since Esdaile is near Goodhue County and also Pepin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Goodhue County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pepin 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 Esdaile

Curious and Interesting Names Near Esdaile ...

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.

• Diamond Bluff
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
• Hay Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County (MN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
• Lake City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake City is located in Wabasha County (MN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,114 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake City <1>
• Maiden Rock
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
• Moeville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Moeville is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
• Plum City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Plum City is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
• Red Wing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Wing is located in Goodhue County (MN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,416 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Wing <1>
• Rock Elm
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Elm is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Elm
• Snows Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Snows Corner is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Corner

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

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

• Ellsworth, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Esdaile to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,871 miles [7,839.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'