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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 Clutier, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clutier 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 Clutier:
- 42.079314, -92.403575
- 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 Clutier
- 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 Tama County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tama County
- Since Clutier is near Benton County and also Black Hawk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Black Hawk 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 Clutier
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clutier ...
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.
- Blessing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Blessing is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
- Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Geneva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Geneva is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Haven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Haven is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
- Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Keystone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long Point is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Potter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Redman ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redman is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman
- Rogersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rogersville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
How Far From Clutier to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Clutier to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clutier and extending to:
- Toledo, which is the Seat of Tama County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clutier to Toledo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 835 miles [1,343.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,090 miles [11,410.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,984 miles [8,021 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 from Point A (ie- Clutier) 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 Clutier 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 Clutier. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0793, Longitude: -92.4036 In this case, the coordinates for Clutier have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.661 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.045 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.919 degrees. |
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