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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 Lineville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lineville 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 Lineville:
- 40.586990, -93.523268
- 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 Lineville
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Lineville is near Mercer County and also Decatur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur 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 Lineville
Communities Also Named Lineville ...
We found two communities that are also named Lineville.
Within Iowa, the name Lineville is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clay County
- This Lineville is located in Clay County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lineville that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Lineville.
- Indiana
- Lake 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 Indiana community of Lineville [Lake County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lineville ...
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.
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Big Spring is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Burrows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burrows is located in Mercer County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Galesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Galesburg is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Harvard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- High Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- High Point is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hodge is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Leon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Powersville is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Saline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saline is located in Mercer County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
How Far From Lineville 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 Lineville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lineville and extending to:
- Corydon, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lineville to Corydon, 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 69 miles [111 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,204 miles [11,593.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 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- Lineville) 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 Lineville 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 Lineville 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 Lineville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5870, Longitude: -93.5233 In this case, the coordinates for Lineville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.383 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.677 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.831 degrees. |
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