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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 Forsyth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forsyth 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 Forsyth:
- 43.255518, -94.473030
- 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 Forsyth
- 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 Emmet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet County
- Since Forsyth is near Kossuth County and also Palo Alto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kossuth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palo Alto 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 Forsyth
Communities Also Named Forsyth ...
We found eight communities that are also named Forsyth.
There is one other community in Iowa that is also named Forsyth.
Beyond Iowa, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Iowa ...
- Palo Alto County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Forsyth [Palo Alto County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Monroe County
- This Forsyth is located in Monroe County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Forsyth that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Forsyth.
- Illinois
- Macon County
- This Forsyth is located in Macon County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Forsyth that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Forsyth.
- Indiana
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Forsyth [Lake County].
- Michigan
- Marquette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Forsyth [Marquette County].
- Missouri
- Taney County
- This Forsyth is located in Taney County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<2> to the south of the Forsyth that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Forsyth.
- Montana
- Rosebud County
- This Forsyth is located in Rosebud County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Forsyth that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rosebud County community of Forsyth.
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- This Forsyth is located in Chautauqua County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<2> to the east of the Forsyth that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Forsyth.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forsyth ...
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.
- Ceylon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cylinder
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Emmetsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Fallow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
- Lakota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakota is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Lone Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Rodman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
How Far From Forsyth 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 Forsyth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forsyth and extending to:
- Estherville, which is the Seat of Emmet County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Forsyth to Estherville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 954 miles [1,535.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,351 miles [10,220.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,009 miles [8,061.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Forsyth 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forsyth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Forsyth 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 Forsyth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2555, Longitude: -94.4730 In this case, the coordinates for Forsyth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.882 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.722 degrees. |
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