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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 Guthrie Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guthrie Center 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 Guthrie Center:
- 41.678124, -94.498947
- 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 Guthrie Center
- 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 Guthrie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guthrie County
- Since Guthrie Center is near Dallas County and also Audubon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Audubon 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 Guthrie Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Guthrie Center ...
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.
- Casey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coon Rapids
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dale is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Kennedy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kennedy is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Panther
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Panther is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Prussia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Prussia is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussia
- Redfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Viola Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Viola Center is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
How Far From Guthrie Center 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 city such as Guthrie Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Guthrie Center and extending to:
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Guthrie Center to Des Moines, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 937 miles [1,508 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 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Guthrie Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Guthrie Center 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 Guthrie Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6781, Longitude: -94.4989 In this case, the coordinates for Guthrie Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.099 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.644 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.093 degrees. |
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