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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 Midwest Country Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midwest Country Estates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Midwest Country Estates
- 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 Midwest Country Estates:
- 41.612489, -93.866893
- 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 Midwest Country Estates
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Midwest Country Estates is near Polk County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Midwest Country Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Midwest Country Estates ...
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.
- Churchville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Churchville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Commerce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Commerce is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- DeSoto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- High Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- High Bridge is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Kennedy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kennedy is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Panther
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Panther is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Quarry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quarry is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
- Rider
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rider is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
- Valley Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Valley Junction is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
How Far From Midwest Country Estates 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 Midwest Country Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Midwest Country Estates and extending to:
- Adel, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies just to the West.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Midwest Country Estates to Des Moines, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,166 miles [11,532.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,062 miles [8,146.5 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 '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- Midwest Country Estates) 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 Midwest Country Estates 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 Midwest Country Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6125, Longitude: -93.8669 In this case, the coordinates for Midwest Country Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.658 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.781 degrees. |
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