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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 Maple Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maple Landing 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 Maple Landing:
    • 42.092211, -96.213632
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Maple Landing
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Landing ...

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.

  • Climbing Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climbing Hill
    • Climbing Hill is located in Woodbury County
  • Craig
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
    • Craig is located in Burt County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craig <2>
  • Glen Ellen
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ellen
    • Glen Ellen is located in Woodbury County
  • Holly Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Holly Springs is located in Woodbury County
  • Homer
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Homer is located in Dakota County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <2>
  • Little Sioux
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sioux have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sioux
    • Little Sioux is located in Harrison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Sioux <2>
  • Lyons
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
    • Lyons is located in Burt County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <2>
  • Macy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macy
    • Macy is located in Thurston County (NE)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macy <2>
  • Moorhead
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
    • Moorhead is located in Monona County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <2>
  • Sergeant Bluff
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sergeant Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergeant Bluff
    • Sergeant Bluff is located in Woodbury County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,119 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sergeant Bluff <2>
  • Soldier
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Maple Landing once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Maple Landing and extending to:

  • Onawa, which is the Seat of Monona County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Maple Landing to Des Moines, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,129 miles [8,254.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 Maple Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maple Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maple Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0922, Longitude: -96.2136       In this case, the coordinates for Maple Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Maple Landing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.319 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.10 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.902 degrees.




 

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