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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 Brook Mount, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brook Mount 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 Brook Mount:
- 42.385539, -95.264440
- 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 Brook Mount
- 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 Sac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sac County
- Since Brook Mount is near Ida County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ida County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Brook Mount
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brook Mount ...
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.
- Arthur
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Arthur is located in Ida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Casino Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Early
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hart is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Herring ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Ida Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sac City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
How Far From Brook Mount 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 Brook Mount to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brook Mount and extending to:
- Sac City, which is the Seat of Sac County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Brook Mount to Sac City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 982 miles [1,580.4 km] to the east (E). 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 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,176 miles [11,548.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,079 miles [8,173.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brook Mount) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brook Mount 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 Brook Mount. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3855, Longitude: -95.2644 In this case, the coordinates for Brook Mount have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.66 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.38 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.338 degrees. |
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