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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 Danville Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Danville Center 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 Danville Center:
- 40.856981, -91.313485
- 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 Danville Center
- 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 Des Moines County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Des Moines County
- Since Danville Center is near Henry County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Danville Center
Communities Also Named Danville Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Danville Center.
Within Iowa, the name Danville Center is unique.
Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Danville Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Vermont
- Caledonia County
- This Danville Center is located in Caledonia County and lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Danville Center that is located in Des Moines County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caledonia County community of Danville Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Danville Center ...
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.
- Beaverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beaverdale is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Danville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Danville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Denmark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dodgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Gulf Port
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gulf Port is located in Henderson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Port
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Prairie Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Grove is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Skunk River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Skunk River is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skunk River
- Spring Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Grove is located in Des Moines County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
How Far From Danville Center to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Danville Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Danville Center and extending to:
- Burlington, which is the Seat of Des Moines County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Danville Center to Burlington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 767 miles [1,234.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,109 miles [11,440.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,996 miles [8,040.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Danville Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Danville Center 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 Danville Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8570, Longitude: -91.3135 In this case, the coordinates for Danville Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.888 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.995 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.664 degrees. |
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