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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 Larland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Larland 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 Larland:
- 41.731653, -94.763037
- 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 Larland
- 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 Audubon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Audubon County
- Since Larland is near Guthrie County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guthrie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Larland
Communities Also Named Larland ...
We found one communities that are also named Larland.
There is one other community in Iowa that is also named Larland.
Beyond Iowa.
- Communities Located In Iowa ...
- Guthrie 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 Iowa community of Larland [Guthrie County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Larland ...
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.
- Audubon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Casey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coon Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Horn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Red Line
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Red Line is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line
- Viola Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Viola Center is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Center
How Far From Larland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Larland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Larland and extending to:
- Audubon, which is the Seat of Audubon County, lies just to the West.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 59 miles [95 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Larland to Des Moines, with an average speed<4> 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 951 miles [1,530.5 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 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,192 miles [11,574.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,091 miles [8,193.2 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 Larland 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Larland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Larland 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 Larland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7317, Longitude: -94.7630 In this case, the coordinates for Larland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.285 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.865 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.218 degrees. |
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