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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 Logansport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Logansport 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 Logansport:
    • 42.067481, -93.946896
    • 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 Logansport
  • 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Since Logansport is near Story County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Story County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Logansport

Communities Also Named Logansport ...

We found seven communities that are also named Logansport.

Within Iowa, the name Logansport is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Hamilton County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Logansport [Hamilton County].
    • Indiana
      • Cass County
      • This Logansport is located in Cass County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<2> to the east of the Logansport that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Logansport.
    • Kansas
      • Logan County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Logan County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Logansport.
    • Kentucky
      • Butler County
      • This Logansport is located in Butler County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Logansport that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Logansport.
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • This Logansport is located in De Soto Parish and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the south of the Logansport that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Logansport.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Logansport [Armstrong County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • This Logansport is located in Marion County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the east of the Logansport that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Logansport.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Logansport ...

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.

  • Beaver
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Beaver is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
  • Centerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Centerville is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Coal Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Coal Valley is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
  • Jordan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jordan is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Luther
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Luther is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
  • Pilot Mound
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pilot Mound is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Mound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
  • Ridgeport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ridgeport is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeport
  • Wolf
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wolf is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf

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

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

  • Boone, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies just to the East.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Logansport to Des Moines, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 913 miles [1,469.3 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 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Logansport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Logansport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Logansport 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.
<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 Logansport 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 Logansport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0675, Longitude: -93.9469       In this case, the coordinates for Logansport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.728 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.268 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.72 degrees.