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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 Harlan Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harlan Junction 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 Harlan Junction:
- 41.498046, -95.363611
- 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 Harlan Junction
- 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 Pottawattamie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawattamie County
- Since Harlan Junction is near Shelby County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Harlan Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harlan Junction ...
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.
- Carson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Crisp
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crisp is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Elk Horn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hard Scratch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hard Scratch is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Scratch
- Indiantown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Indiantown is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Lewis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Panama
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peter
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Peter is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter
- Poplar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Red Line
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Red Line is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line
- Sycamore Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sycamore Village is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Village
- Union Burg ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Union Burg is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Burg
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Yorkshire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
How Far From Harlan Junction 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 Harlan Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Harlan Junction once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Harlan Junction and extending to:
- Council Bluffs, which is the Seat of Pottawattamie County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Harlan Junction to Council Bluffs, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 981 miles [1,578.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Harlan Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Harlan Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Harlan Junction 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 Harlan Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4980, Longitude: -95.3636 In this case, the coordinates for Harlan Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.696 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.307 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.579 degrees. |
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