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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 Madrid, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Madrid 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 Madrid:
- 41.876927, -93.815736
- 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 Madrid
- 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 Madrid is near Dallas County and also Polk 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 Polk 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 Madrid
Communities Also Named Madrid ...
We found ten communities that are also named Madrid.
Within Iowa, the name Madrid is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Houston County
- This Madrid is located in Houston County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Madrid that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Madrid.
- Colorado
- Las Animas County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Madrid [Las Animas County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Madrid is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Madrid that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Madrid.
- Indiana
- Spencer 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 Indiana community of Madrid [Spencer County].
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge County
- This Madrid is located in Breckinridge County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Madrid that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Madrid.
- Maine
- Franklin County
- This Madrid is located in Franklin County and lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Madrid that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Madrid.
- Nebraska
- Perkins County
- This Madrid is located in Perkins County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the west of the Madrid that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perkins County community of Madrid.
- New Mexico
- Santa Fe County
- This Madrid is located in Santa Fe County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Madrid that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Fe County community of Madrid.
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Madrid is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Madrid that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Madrid.
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- This Madrid is located in Augusta County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Madrid that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Madrid.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Madrid ...
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.
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coal Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Elkhart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Enterprise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- High Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jordan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Luther
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Perry Yard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Perry Yard is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Yard
- Rider
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rider is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
How Far From Madrid 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 Madrid to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Madrid and extending to:
- Boone, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Madrid to Boone, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 904 miles [1,454.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Madrid) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Madrid, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Madrid 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Madrid 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 Madrid. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8769, Longitude: -93.8157 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.631 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.132 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.695 degrees. |
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