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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 Cliffland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cliffland 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 Cliffland:
- 40.965544, -92.326275
- 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 Cliffland
- 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 Wapello County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wapello County
- Since Cliffland is near Davis County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Cliffland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cliffland ...
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.
- Business Corners ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Business Corners is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Business Corners
- Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dunnville is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Kirkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Libertyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Martinsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Pickwick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pickwick is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Pleasant View ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- White Elm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- White Elm is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Elm
How Far From Cliffland 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 Cliffland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cliffland and extending to:
- Ottumwa, which is the Seat of Wapello County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Cliffland to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 820 miles [1,319.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 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 '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- Cliffland) 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 Cliffland 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 Cliffland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9655, Longitude: -92.3263 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.578 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.802 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.145 degrees. |
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