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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 Malvern, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Malvern 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 Malvern:
    • 41.00533, -95.585149
    • 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 Malvern
  • 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 Mills County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mills County
    • Since Malvern is near Fremont County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Malvern

Communities Also Named Malvern ...

We found ten communities that are also named Malvern.

Within Iowa, the name Malvern is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Geneva County
      • This Malvern is located in Geneva County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Malvern that is located in Mills County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geneva County community of Malvern.
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring County
      • This Malvern is located in Hot Spring County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Malvern that is located in Mills County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Malvern.
    • Georgia
      • Emanuel 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 Georgia community of Malvern [Emanuel County].
    • Illinois
      • Whiteside County
      • This Malvern is located in Whiteside County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Malvern that is located in Mills County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Malvern.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Malvern is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the east of the Malvern that is located in Mills County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Malvern.
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Malvern is located in Carroll County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the east of the Malvern that is located in Mills County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Malvern.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Malvern.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Malvern is located in Chester County and lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km]<1> to the east of the Malvern that is located in Mills County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Malvern.
    • Texas
      • Leon County
      • This Malvern is located in Leon County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the south of the Malvern that is located in Mills County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Malvern.
    • Wisconsin
      • Oneida County
      • This Malvern is located in Oneida County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the northeast of the Malvern that is located in Mills County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Malvern.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Malvern ...

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 Malvern to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Malvern to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Glenwood, which is the Seat of Mills County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Malvern to Des Moines, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 990 miles [1,593.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,257 miles [11,679 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,156 miles [8,297.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Malvern) 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 Malvern 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 Malvern 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 Malvern. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0053, Longitude: -95.5851    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.828 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.397 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.795 degrees.