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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 Trimbelle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trimbelle 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 Trimbelle:
- 44.731786, -92.579551
- 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 Trimbelle
- 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 Trimbelle is near Goodhue County and also Dakota 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 Dakota 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 Trimbelle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trimbelle ...
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.
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Diamond Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Glover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Glover is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Hay Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Maiden Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Wing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Elm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rock Elm is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Elm
- Snows Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Snows Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Corner
- Viking
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Viking is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
- Wildwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Trimbelle 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 Trimbelle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Trimbelle and extending to:
- Ellsworth, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies just to the East.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Trimbelle 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 893 miles [1,437.1 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 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 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>'
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- Trimbelle) 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 Trimbelle 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 Trimbelle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7318, Longitude: -92.5796 In this case, the coordinates for Trimbelle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.812 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.575 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.334 degrees. |
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