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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 Letts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Letts 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 Letts:
- 41.328264, -91.234256
- 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 Letts
- 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 Louisa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Louisa County
- Since Letts is near Muscatine County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muscatine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Letts
Communities Also Named Letts ...
We found three communities that are also named Letts.
Within Iowa, the name Letts is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Decatur County
- This Letts is located in Decatur County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Letts that is located in Louisa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Letts.
- Kansas
- Rooks 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 Letts [Rooks County].
- Wichita 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 Letts [Wichita County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Letts ...
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.
- Bard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Conesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grandview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Illinois City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Lone Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marsh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marsh is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Petersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- River Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetland Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetland Center is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland Center
How Far From Letts 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 city such as Letts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Letts and extending to:
- Wapello, which is the Seat of Louisa County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Letts to Wapello, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 767 miles [1,234.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,083 miles [11,399 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Letts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Letts 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> | 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 Letts 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 Letts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3283, Longitude: -91.2343 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.846 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.01 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.509 degrees. |
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