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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 McCausland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCausland 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 McCausland:
- 41.743593, -90.446119
- 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 McCausland
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since McCausland is near Clinton County and also Rock Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock Island 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 McCausland
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCausland ...
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.
- Cedar Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Brook is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
- Grand Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Great Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Great Oaks is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Oaks
- Green Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Long Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Joy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Joy is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Panorama Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Rapids City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sixmile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sixmile is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
How Far From McCausland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as McCausland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McCausland and extending to:
- Davenport, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McCausland to Davenport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 163 miles [262.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 731 miles [1,176.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,290 miles [10,122.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCausland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McCausland 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 McCausland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7436, Longitude: -90.4461 In this case, the coordinates for McCausland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.319 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.464 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.008 degrees. |
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