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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 Florenceville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Florenceville 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 Florenceville:
- 43.499927, -92.132814
- 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 Florenceville
- 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 Howard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Since Florenceville is near Fillmore County and also Winneshiek County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fillmore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winneshiek 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 Florenceville
Communities Also Named Florenceville ...
We found one communities that are also named Florenceville.
Within Iowa, the name Florenceville is unique.
Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Florenceville in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Brunswick
- This Florenceville lies 1,209 miles [1,945.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Florenceville that is located in Howard County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Florenceville ...
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.
- Big Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest City is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Forestville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forestville is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henrytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henrytown is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrytown
- Lime Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prosper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Prosper is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
How Far From Florenceville 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 Florenceville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Florenceville and extending to:
- Cresco, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies just to the South.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Florenceville to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 844 miles [1,358.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Florenceville) 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 Florenceville 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 Florenceville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4999, Longitude: -92.1328 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.495 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.047 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.421 degrees. |
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