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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 Kinross, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kinross 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 Kinross:
- 41.458903, -91.987402
- 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 Kinross
- 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 Keokuk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Keokuk County
- Since Kinross is near Washington County and also Iowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa 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 Kinross
Communities Also Named Kinross ...
We found three communities that are also named Kinross.
Within Iowa, the name Kinross is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Clark 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 Kentucky community of Kinross [Clark County].
- Michigan
- Chippewa County
- This Kinross is located in Chippewa County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Kinross that is located in Keokuk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Kinross.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Kinross lies 1,480 miles [2,381.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kinross that is located in Keokuk County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kinross ...
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.
- Amish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amish is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amish
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aurora is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Delta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Delta is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Frytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Frytown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Grace Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grace Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Hill
- Green Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Center is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Harper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Marysville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Vulcan ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Vulcan is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- What Cheer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
How Far From Kinross 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 Kinross to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kinross and extending to:
- Sigourney, which is the Seat of Keokuk County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kinross to Sigourney, 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 84 miles [135.2 km] to the west (W). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 807 miles [1,298.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,996 miles [8,040.3 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Kinross 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kinross) 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 Kinross 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 Kinross. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4589, Longitude: -91.9874 In this case, the coordinates for Kinross have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.361 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.618 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.857 degrees. |
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