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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 Le Claire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Le Claire 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 Le Claire:
- 41.597543, -90.346296
- 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 Le Claire
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Le Claire is near Rock Island County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock Island County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 Le Claire
Curious and Interesting Names Near Le Claire ...
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 Cliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Brook is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
- Great Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Great Oaks is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Oaks
- Green River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Green River is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Hickory Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Panorama Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Rapids City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shady Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Beach is located in Henry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
How Far From Le Claire to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Le Claire to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Le Claire and extending to:
- Davenport, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Le Claire to Davenport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 724 miles [1,165.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Le Claire) 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 Le Claire 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 Le Claire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5975, Longitude: -90.3463 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.25 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.364 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.996 degrees. |
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