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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 Jubilee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jubilee 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 Jubilee:
- 42.384156, -92.103791
- 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 Jubilee
- 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 Black Hawk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Black Hawk County
- Since Jubilee is near Buchanan County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Jubilee
Communities Also Named Jubilee ...
We found five communities that are also named Jubilee.
Within Iowa, the name Jubilee is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Peoria 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 Illinois community of Jubilee [Peoria County].
- North Carolina
- Davidson County
- This Jubilee is located in Davidson County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Jubilee that is located in Black Hawk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Jubilee.
- Nova Scotia
- This Jubilee lies 1,390 miles [2,237 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Jubilee that is located in Black Hawk County.
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna County
- This Jubilee is located in Lackawanna County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<2> to the east of the Jubilee that is located in Black Hawk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Jubilee.
- Wayne 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 Pennsylvania community of Jubilee [Wayne County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jubilee ...
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.
- Gilbertville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
- Hilltop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Independence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Littleton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Louise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Otterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otterville is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Raymond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Vista is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Wise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wise is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
How Far From Jubilee to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jubilee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jubilee and extending to:
- Waterloo, which is the Seat of Black Hawk County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jubilee to Waterloo, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 824 miles [1,326.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,316 miles [10,164.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Jubilee 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jubilee) 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 Jubilee 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 Jubilee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3842, Longitude: -92.1038 In this case, the coordinates for Jubilee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.46 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.857 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.69 degrees. |
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