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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 Birchwood Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birchwood Estates 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 Birchwood Estates:
- 43.160524, -95.143328
- 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 Birchwood Estates
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Birchwood Estates is near Dickinson County and also O'Brien County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for O'Brien 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 Birchwood Estates
Communities Also Named Birchwood Estates ...
We found two communities that are also named Birchwood Estates.
Within Iowa, the name Birchwood Estates is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna County
- This Birchwood Estates is located in Lackawanna County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the east of the Birchwood Estates that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Birchwood Estates.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Birchwood Estates is located in Salt Lake County and lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km]<1> to the west of the Birchwood Estates that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Birchwood Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Birchwood Estates ...
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.
- Dickens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Fallow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marathon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marathon is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- May City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- May City is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May City
- Orleans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spirit Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Superior
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Birchwood Estates 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 community such as Birchwood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Birchwood Estates and extending to:
- Spencer, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the South.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Birchwood Estates 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 985 miles [1,585.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,039 miles [8,109.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Birchwood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Birchwood Estates 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 Birchwood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1605, Longitude: -95.1433 In this case, the coordinates for Birchwood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.598 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.409 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.102 degrees. |
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