Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kent, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kent and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kent
- 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 Kent:
- 40.953234, -94.454256
- 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 Kent
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Kent is near Ringgold County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ringgold County
- eBird sighting report for Adams 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Kent ...
We found 47 communities that share the name Kent.
Within Iowa, the name Kent is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 47 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 47 communities, 44 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Elmore County
- This Kent is located in Elmore County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Kent that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Kent.
- Pike County
- This Kent is located in Pike County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km] to the southeast of the Kent that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Kent.
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Long County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kent [Long County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kent [Montgomery County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Geary County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kent [Geary County].
- Reno County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kent [Reno County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Lyon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Kent [Lyon County].
- Wilkin County
- This Kent is located in Wilkin County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Kent that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkin County community of Kent.
- Missouri
- Crawford County
- Although located in Crawford County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Kent.
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Kent [Franklin County].
- Newton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Kent [Newton County].
- Nebraska
- Loup County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Kent [Loup County].
- Nance County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Kent [Nance County].
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Orleans County
- This Kent is located in Orleans County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kent that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Kent.
- Saratoga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Kent [Saratoga County].
- Nova Scotia
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Kent lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kent that is located in Union County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Bosque County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Bosque County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bosque County community of Kent.
- Culberson County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kent [Culberson County].
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kent [El Paso County].
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Kent [Pittsylvania County].
- Wythe County
- This Kent is located in Wythe County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kent that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wythe County community of Kent.
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kent ...
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.
- Bushville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Carl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Corning is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <5>
- Diagonal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diagonal
- Diagonal is located in Ringgold County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diagonal <5>
- Marshall ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Merle Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merle Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle Junction
- Merle Junction is located in Taylor County
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Stringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Adams County
- Tingley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tingley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingley
- Tingley is located in Ringgold County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tingley <5>
How Far From Kent 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 city such as Kent to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kent and extending to:
- Creston, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Kent to Des Moines, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 931 miles [1,498.3 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 53 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kent. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Kent) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9532, Longitude: -94.4543 |
| <2> | 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 Kent 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. |
| <3> | 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 Kent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Kent 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 319.039 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.481 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.225 degrees. |