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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 Lovington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lovington 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 Lovington:
- 41.645822, -93.686609
- 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 Lovington
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Lovington is near Dallas County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Lovington
Communities Also Named Lovington ...
We found two communities that are also named Lovington.
Within Iowa, the name Lovington is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Moultrie County
- This Lovington is located in Moultrie County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lovington that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moultrie County community of Lovington.
- New Mexico
- Lea County
- This Lovington is located in Lea County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lovington that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lea County community of Lovington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lovington ...
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.
- Carbondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Commerce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Commerce is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Elkhart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- High Bridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- High Bridge is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Ivy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ivy is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rider
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rider is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
- Rising Sun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rising Sun is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Scotch Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scotch Ridge is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Ridge
- Valley Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Valley Junction is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
How Far From Lovington 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 Lovington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lovington and extending to:
- Des Moines, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies just to the southeast (SE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lovington to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,408 miles [10,312.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,158 miles [11,519.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,053 miles [8,132 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Lovington) 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 Lovington 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 Lovington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6458, Longitude: -93.6866 In this case, the coordinates for Lovington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.534 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.99 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.681 degrees. |
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