Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Ayresville:
  • 41.684747, -91.014041
  • 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 Ayresville

• 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 Cedar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cedar County
  • Since Ayresville is near Muscatine County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Muscatine County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Ayresville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ayresville ...

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.

• Big Rock
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Rock is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
• Cedar Valley
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
• Clarence
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Clarence is located in Cedar County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarence <1>
• Hickory Grove
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Lime City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lime City is located in Cedar County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
  • Former names for Lime City:
  • Lime Kilns
  • Munn
• Moscow
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Moscow is located in Muscatine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
• Plainview
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Plainview is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
• Pleasant Prairie
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
• Sweetland Center
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Sweetland Center is located in Muscatine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland Center
• Wheatland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Wheatland is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people

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

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

• Tipton, which is the Seat of Cedar County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Ayresville to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
• The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'