Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Keb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keb and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Keb

• 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 Keb:
  • 41.083346, -92.458520
  • 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 Keb

• 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 Wapello County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wapello County
  • Since Keb is near Mahaska County and also Keokuk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahaska County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Keokuk 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 Keb

Curious and Interesting Names Near Keb ...

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.

• Carbon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Carbon is located in Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
• Cedar
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cedar is located in Mahaska County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
• Cliffland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cliffland is located in Wapello County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
• Frederic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Frederic is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
• Kirkville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kirkville is located in Wapello County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
• Lockman
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Lockman is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockman
• Martinsburg
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
• Pickwick
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pickwick is located in Wapello County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
• Pleasant Corner
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Corner is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corner

How Far From Keb 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 Keb 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<1> community of Keb once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Keb and extending to:

• Ottumwa, which is the Seat of Wapello County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Keb to Des Moines, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'