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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 Caldwell Siding, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caldwell Siding 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 Caldwell Siding:
- 41.452211, -94.237181
- 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 Caldwell Siding
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Caldwell Siding is near Guthrie County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guthrie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Caldwell Siding
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caldwell Siding ...
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.
- Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Casey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- DeSoto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Kennedy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Macksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Macksburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Prussia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Prussia is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussia
- Quarry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quarry is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
- Redfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Caldwell Siding 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 community such as Caldwell Siding to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Caldwell Siding and extending to:
- Adel, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Caldwell Siding to Adel, 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 33 miles [53.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 922 miles [1,483.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,187 miles [11,566.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Caldwell Siding) 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 Caldwell Siding 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 Caldwell Siding. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4522, Longitude: -94.2372 In this case, the coordinates for Caldwell Siding have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.909 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.396 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.007 degrees. |
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