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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 Brayton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brayton 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 Brayton:
- 41.544354, -94.924018
- 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 Brayton
- 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 Brayton is near Cass County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Brayton
Communities Also Named Brayton ...
We found eight communities that are also named Brayton.
Within Iowa, the name Brayton is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Brayton [Bristol County].
- Missouri
- Bates County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Brayton [Bates County].
- Nebraska
- Greeley County
- This Brayton is located in Greeley County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the west of the Brayton that is located in Audubon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greeley County community of Brayton.
- New York
- Warren County
- This Brayton is located in Warren County and lies 1,089 miles [1,752.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Brayton that is located in Audubon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Brayton.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Brayton.
- South Dakota
- Sully County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Brayton [Sully County].
- Tennessee
- Bledsoe County
- This Brayton is located in Bledsoe County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Brayton that is located in Audubon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bledsoe County community of Brayton.
- Virginia
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Brayton [Greene County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brayton ...
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.
- Audubon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elk Horn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grove City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grove City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Indiantown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Indiantown is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Lewis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Red Line
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Line is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line
- Sycamore Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sycamore Village is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Village
- Viola Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Viola Center is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
- Walnut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
How Far From Brayton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Brayton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brayton and extending to:
- Audubon, which is the Seat of Audubon County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Brayton to Audubon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 958 miles [1,541.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,207 miles [11,598.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,105 miles [8,215.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Brayton 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brayton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Brayton 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 Brayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5444, Longitude: -94.9240 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.39 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.962 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.342 degrees. |
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