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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 Lime City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lime City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lime City:
    • 41.647521, -91.077709
    • 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 Lime City
  • 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 Cedar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cedar County
    • Since Lime City is near Muscatine County and also Scott 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 Scott 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 Lime City

Communities Also Named Lime City ...

We found two communities that are also named Lime City.

Within Iowa, the name Lime City is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This Lime City is located in Wood County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the east of the Lime City that is located in Cedar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Lime City.
    • Texas
      • Coryell County
      • This Lime City is located in Coryell County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lime City that is located in Cedar County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coryell County community of Lime City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lime City ...

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.

How Far From Lime City 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 Lime City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lime City and extending to:

  • Tipton, which is the Seat of Cedar County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lime City to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 762 miles [1,226.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lime City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lime City 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 Lime City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6475, Longitude: -91.0777       In this case, the coordinates for Lime City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.746 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.939 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.351 degrees.