Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cherokee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherokee and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cherokee
- 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 Cherokee:
- 42.750974, -95.552852
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cherokee
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Cherokee is near Buena Vista County and also O'Brien County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Buena Vista County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cherokee ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Cherokee.
Within Iowa, the name Cherokee is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Butte County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Cherokee [Butte County].
- Nevada County
- This Cherokee is located in Nevada County and lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<1> to the west of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Cherokee.
- San Joaquin County
- This Cherokee is located in San Joaquin County and lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km] to the west of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Cherokee.
- Tuolumne County
- This Cherokee is located in Tuolumne County and lies 1,335 miles [2,148.5 km] to the west of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Cherokee.
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- This Cherokee is located in Bibb County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Cherokee.
- Cherokee County
- This Cherokee is located in Cherokee County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km] to the southeast of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cherokee.
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- This Cherokee is located in Crawford County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the south of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Cherokee.
- Morris 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 Kansas community of Cherokee [Morris County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Cherokee [Jefferson County].
- Lawrence County
- This Cherokee is located in Lawrence County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Cherokee.
- Maine
- Mississippi
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Charleston 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 South Carolina community of Cherokee [Charleston County].
- Spartanburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cherokee [Spartanburg County].
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- This Cherokee is located in Grainger County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Cherokee.
- Lauderdale 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 Tennessee community of Cherokee [Lauderdale County].
- Washington County
- This Cherokee is located in Washington County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km] to the east southeast of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cherokee.
- Texas
- Rusk 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 Cherokee [Rusk County].
- San Saba County
- This Cherokee is located in San Saba County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Saba County community of Cherokee.
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Cherokee [Kanawha County].
- McDowell County
- This Cherokee is located in McDowell County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cherokee that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Cherokee.
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherokee ...
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.
- Casino Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Correctionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Correctionville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correctionville
- Correctionville is located in Woodbury County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Correctionville <5>
- Fielding
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
- Fielding is located in Cherokee County
- Mapleside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Marcus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Marcus is located in Cherokee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marcus <5>
- Mary Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hill
- Mary Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Rembrandt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rembrandt
- Rembrandt is located in Buena Vista County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rembrandt <5>
- Storm Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storm Lake
- Storm Lake is located in Buena Vista County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,438 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Storm Lake <5>
How Far From Cherokee 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 Cherokee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cherokee and extending to:
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Cherokee to Des Moines, with an average speed<6>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,001 miles [1,611 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,413 miles [10,320.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cherokee. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Cherokee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cherokee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7510, Longitude: -95.5529 In this case, the coordinates for Cherokee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cherokee, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cherokee 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Cherokee to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.876 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.675 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.411 degrees. |