Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Alaska, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alaska and the surrounding area.
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
Communities Also Named Alaska ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Alaska.
Within Iowa, the name Alaska is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Alaska [Morgan County].
- Michigan
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alaska [Kent County].
- New Mexico
- Cibola County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Alaska [Cibola County].
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Alaska.
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alaska [Fayette County].
- Mineral 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 West Virginia community of Alaska [Mineral County].
- Wisconsin
- Kewaunee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Alaska [Kewaunee County].
- Waukesha 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 Wisconsin community of Alaska [Waukesha County].
- Indiana
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Alaska 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. |