Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dunlap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dunlap and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dunlap
- 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 Dunlap:
- 41.852625, -95.600562
- 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 Dunlap
- 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Since Dunlap is near Shelby County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Dunlap ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Dunlap.
Within Iowa, the name Dunlap is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Hempstead County
- This Dunlap is located in Hempstead County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Dunlap that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hempstead County community of Dunlap.
- Pike County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dunlap [Pike County].
- California
- Fresno County
- This Dunlap is located in Fresno County and lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<2> to the west of the Dunlap that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Dunlap.
- Mendocino County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Dunlap [Mendocino County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Sequatchie County
- This Dunlap is located in Sequatchie County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Dunlap that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequatchie County community of Dunlap.
- Weakley County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Dunlap [Weakley County].
- Texas
- Cottle County
- This Dunlap is located in Cottle County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Dunlap that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cottle County community of Dunlap.
- Travis County
- This Dunlap is located in Travis County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km] to the south of the Dunlap that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Dunlap.
- Virginia
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunlap ...
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.
- Allen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Bell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Charter Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charter Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak
- Charter Oak is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charter Oak <5>
- Defiance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Hard Scratch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hard Scratch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Scratch
- Hard Scratch is located in Harrison County
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Moorhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Moorhead is located in Monona County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <5>
- Panama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panama have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
- Panama is located in Shelby County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Panama <5>
- Soldier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
- Soldier is located in Monona County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soldier <5>
How Far From Dunlap 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 Dunlap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dunlap and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dunlap to Logan, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 995 miles [1,601.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,117 miles [8,235 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dunlap. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Harrison County: www.harrisoncountyia.org/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Dunlap 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. |
| <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- Dunlap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dunlap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8526, Longitude: -95.6006 In this case, the coordinates for Dunlap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Dunlap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Dunlap 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 319.877 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.561 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.629 degrees. |