Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ballard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ballard 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 Audubon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Audubon County
Communities Also Named Ballard ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Ballard.
Within Iowa, the name Ballard is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Sharp County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ballard [Sharp County].
- California
- Santa Barbara County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ballard [Santa Barbara County].
- Florida
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Ballard [Prince George's County].
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ballard [Madison County].
- Missouri
- Bates County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ballard [Bates County].
- North Carolina
- Martin County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ballard [Martin County].
- Oklahoma
- Adair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Ballard [Adair County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ballard [King County].
- West Virginia
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ballard [Monroe County].
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ballard 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. |