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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 Easley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Easley 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 Easley:
- 42.311089, -94.399415
- 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 Easley
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Easley is near Webster County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Easley
Communities Also Named Easley ...
We found five communities that are also named Easley.
Within Iowa, the name Easley is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- This Easley is located in Blount County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Easley that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Easley.
- Missouri
- Boone County
- This Easley is located in Boone County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Easley that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Easley.
- New Mexico
- Luna County
- Although located in Luna County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luna County community of Easley.
- South Carolina
- Pickens County
- This Easley is located in Pickens County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Easley that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Easley.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan 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 Tennessee community of Easley [Sullivan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Easley ...
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.
- Coalville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coalville is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Dana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dana is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Gravel Pit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gravel Pit is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Pit
- Lake City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Moorland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Palm Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Palm Grove is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Grove
- Piper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Piper is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Richard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
- Shady Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Oak is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oak
- Twin Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Easley 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 community such as Easley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Easley and extending to:
- Rockwell City, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Easley to Rockwell City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 938 miles [1,509.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Easley) 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 Easley 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Easley 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 Easley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3111, Longitude: -94.3994 In this case, the coordinates for Easley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.051 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.671 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.90 degrees. |
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