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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 Conger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Conger 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 Conger:
    • 41.351936, -93.758277
    • 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 Conger
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Conger is near Madison County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Conger

Communities Also Named Conger ...

We found seven communities that are also named Conger.

Within Iowa, the name Conger is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Conger is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Conger that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Conger.
    • Kansas
      • Woodson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Conger [Woodson County].
    • Michigan
      • Manistee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Conger [Manistee County].
      • Montcalm 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 Michigan community of Conger [Montcalm County].
    • Minnesota
      • Freeborn County
      • This Conger is located in Freeborn County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the north of the Conger that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Freeborn County community of Conger.
    • North Dakota
      • Burleigh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Conger [Burleigh County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Conger is located in Washington County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<1> to the east of the Conger that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Conger.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Conger ...

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
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Buffalo is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Churchville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Churchville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Commerce
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Commerce is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
  • Cool
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cool is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
  • Old Peru
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Peru is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Peru
  • Scotch Ridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Scotch Ridge is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Ridge
  • Summerset
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Summerset is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset
  • Summerset Junction ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Summerset Junction is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset Junction
  • Tileville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Tileville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tileville
  • Wick
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Wick is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick

How Far From Conger 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 Conger to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Conger and extending to:

  • Indianola, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Conger to Indianola, 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 18 miles [29 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 897 miles [1,443.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,175 miles [11,547 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,070 miles [8,159.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Conger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Conger 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.
<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 Conger 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 Conger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3519, Longitude: -93.7583       In this case, the coordinates for Conger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.574 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.997 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.783 degrees.