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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 Kilbourn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kilbourn 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 Kilbourn:
- 40.804026, -91.969809
- 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 Kilbourn
- 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 Van Buren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Since Kilbourn is near Jefferson County and also Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis 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 Kilbourn
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kilbourn ...
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.
- Bonaparte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dover ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Glasgow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Libertyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Palestine ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Parksville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Parksville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Pierceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pierceville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- White Elm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- White Elm is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Elm
How Far From Kilbourn 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 Kilbourn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kilbourn and extending to:
- Keosauqua, which is the Seat of Van Buren County, lies just to the South.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Kilbourn to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 801 miles [1,289.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,025 miles [8,087 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 '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- Kilbourn) 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 Kilbourn 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 Kilbourn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8040, Longitude: -91.9698 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.331 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.004 degrees. |
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