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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 Benton City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Benton City 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 Benton City:
- 42.158328, -91.933791
- 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 Benton City
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Benton City is near Linn County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Benton City
Communities Also Named Benton City ...
We found four communities that are also named Benton City.
Within Iowa, the name Benton City is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Audrain County
- This Benton City is located in Audrain County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the south of the Benton City that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Audrain County community of Benton City.
- Johnson County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Johnson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Benton City.
- Texas
- Atascosa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Benton City [Atascosa County].
- Washington
- Benton County
- This Benton City is located in Benton County and lies 1,385 miles [2,228.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Benton City that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Benton City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Benton City ...
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.
- Alice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alice is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Center Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Geneva is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Hiawatha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Robins is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,570 people
- Rogersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Shady Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Toddville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Benton City 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 Benton City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Benton City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Benton City and extending to:
- Vinton, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the West.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Benton City to Des Moines, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,069 miles [11,376.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,962 miles [7,985.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Benton City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Benton City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Benton City 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. |
| <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 Benton City 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 Benton City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1583, Longitude: -91.9338 In this case, the coordinates for Benton City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.339 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.688 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.659 degrees. |
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