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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 Green Castle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Castle and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Green Castle:
    • 41.746291, -93.260800
    • 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 Green Castle
  • 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 Green Castle ...

We found two communities that share the name Green Castle.

There is one other community in Iowa which is also named Green Castle.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Green Castle in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Iowa ...
    • Johnson County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Green Castle [Johnson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Green Castle is located in Madison County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Green Castle that is located in Jasper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Green Castle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Castle ...

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.

  • Clyde
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clyde. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Jasper County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Clyde
    • From Green Castle to Clyde
  • Edenville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
    • Edenville is located in Marshall County
  • Elkhart
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Enterprise
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Enterprise is located in Polk County
  • Ira
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ivy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
    • Ivy is located in Polk County
  • Lambs Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Maxwell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mingo
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Prairie City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Prairiebell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairiebell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairiebell
    • Prairiebell is located in Jasper County

How Far From Green Castle to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Green Castle to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Green Castle and extending to:

  • Newton, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Green Castle to Newton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 875 miles [1,408.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,032 miles [8,098.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Green Castle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Green Castle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Green Castle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Green Castle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7463, Longitude: -93.2608    
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Green Castle 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 318.243 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.669 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.439 degrees.




 

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