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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 Audubon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Audubon 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 Audubon:
- 41.719474, -94.928604
- 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 Audubon
- 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 Audubon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Audubon County
- Since Audubon is near Shelby County and also Guthrie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guthrie 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 Audubon
Communities Also Named Audubon ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Audubon.
Within Iowa, the name Audubon is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Brevard County
- This Audubon is located in Brevard County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Audubon that is located in Audubon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of Audubon.
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- This Audubon is located in Dougherty County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Audubon that is located in Audubon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Audubon.
- Gordon County
- This Audubon is located in Gordon County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km] to the southeast of the Audubon that is located in Audubon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Audubon.
- Kentucky
- Henderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Audubon [Henderson County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Audubon [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Audubon is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Audubon that is located in Audubon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Audubon.
- Minnesota
- Becker County
- This Audubon is located in Becker County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the north of the Audubon that is located in Audubon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Becker County community of Audubon.
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Audubon [Camden County].
- New York
- New York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Audubon [New York County].
- North Carolina
- New Hanover County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Audubon [New Hanover County].
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- This Audubon is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<1> to the east of the Audubon that is located in Audubon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Audubon.
- Texas
- Wise County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Wise County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Audubon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Audubon ...
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.
- Coon Rapids
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Defiance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Elk Horn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Irwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Poplar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Poplar is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Red Line
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Red Line is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line
- Sycamore Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sycamore Village is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Village
- Viola Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Viola Center is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
- Walnut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
How Far From Audubon to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Audubon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Audubon and extending to:
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Audubon to Des Moines, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 960 miles [1,545 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,097 miles [8,202.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Audubon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Audubon 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Audubon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Audubon 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 Audubon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7195, Longitude: -94.9286 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.40 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.996 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.307 degrees. |
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