Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Garden Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Grove and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Garden Grove
- 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 Garden Grove:
- 40.826579, -93.607193
- 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 Garden Grove
- 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 Decatur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- Since Garden Grove is near Wayne County and also Clarke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- eBird sighting report for Clarke 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 Garden Grove ...
We found six communities that share the name Garden Grove.
Within Iowa, the name Garden Grove is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Orange County
- This Garden Grove is located in Orange County and lies 1,416 miles [2,278.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Garden Grove that is located in Decatur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Garden Grove.
- Florida
- Hernando County
- This Garden Grove is located in Hernando County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Garden Grove that is located in Decatur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hernando County community of Garden Grove.
- Hillsborough County
- This Garden Grove is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km] to the southeast of the Garden Grove that is located in Decatur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Garden Grove.
- Kansas
- Edwards 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 Kansas community of Garden Grove [Edwards County].
- Oklahoma
- Pottawatomie County
- This Garden Grove is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Garden Grove that is located in Decatur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Garden Grove.
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Garden Grove is located in Davis County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the west of the Garden Grove that is located in Decatur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Garden Grove.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Grove ...
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 ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Big Spring is located in Wayne County
- Derby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Groveland ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - High Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- High Point is located in Decatur County
- Hodge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Last Chance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Last Chance have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Last Chance is located in Lucas County
- Le Roy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Leon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Leon is located in Decatur County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <4>
- Leslie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Garden Grove 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 city such as Garden Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garden Grove and extending to:
- Leon, which is the Seat of Decatur County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Garden Grove to Leon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 886 miles [1,425.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,195 miles [11,579.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,088 miles [8,188.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garden Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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- Garden Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garden Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8266, Longitude: -93.6072 In this case, the coordinates for Garden Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Garden Grove 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Garden Grove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.45 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.785 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.822 degrees. |