Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Midvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midvale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Midvale
- 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 Midvale:
- 41.929471, -93.610293
- 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 Midvale
- 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 Story County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Story County
- Since Midvale is near Polk County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for Boone 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Midvale ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Midvale.
Within Iowa, the name Midvale is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- This Midvale is located in Ramsey County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the north of the Midvale that is located in Story County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Midvale.
- Washington 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 Minnesota community of Midvale [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Franklin County
- This Midvale is located in Franklin County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the east of the Midvale that is located in Story County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Midvale.
- Luzerne County
- This Midvale is located in Luzerne County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km] to the east of the Midvale that is located in Story County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Midvale.
- Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Midvale [Philadelphia County].
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Midvale ...
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.
- Elkhart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart
- Elkhart is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 952 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkhart <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Elkhart
- From Midvale to Elkhart
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gilbert is located in Story County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Gilbert
- From Midvale to Gilbert
- High Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for High Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- High Bridge is located in Dallas County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to High Bridge
- From Midvale to High Bridge
- Iowa Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Center
- Iowa Center is located in Story County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Iowa Center
- From Midvale to Iowa Center
- Jordan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Jordan is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Jordan
- From Midvale to Jordan
- Luther
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Luther. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Luther is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Luther
- From Midvale to Luther
- Madrid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Madrid is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,550 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madrid <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Madrid
- From Midvale to Madrid
- Maxwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Maxwell is located in Story County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maxwell <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Maxwell
- From Midvale to Maxwell
- Nevada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Nevada is located in Story County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,682 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Nevada
- From Midvale to Nevada
How Far From Midvale 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 community such as Midvale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Midvale and extending to:
- Nevada, which is the Seat of Story County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Midvale to Nevada, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 894 miles [1,438.8 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 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,391 miles [10,285.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,037 miles [8,106.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Midvale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Story County: www.storycounty.com/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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- Midvale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Midvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9295, Longitude: -93.6103 |
| <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 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 Midvale 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> | 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 Midvale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Midvale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.49 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.977 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.577 degrees. |