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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 Mitchellville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mitchellville 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 Mitchellville:
    • 41.667854, -93.363035
    • 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 Mitchellville
  • 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 Mitchellville ...

We found ten communities that share the name Mitchellville.

Within Iowa, the name Mitchellville is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout 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
      • Calhoun County
      • This Mitchellville is located in Calhoun County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Mitchellville.
    • Arkansas
      • Desha County
      • This Mitchellville is located in Desha County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the south of the Mitchellville that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of Mitchellville.
    • Indiana
      • Marion 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 Indiana community of Mitchellville [Marion County].
    • Kansas
      • Hamilton 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 Kansas community of Mitchellville [Hamilton County].
      • Stanton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mitchellville [Stanton County].
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's County
      • This Mitchellville is located in Prince George's County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the east of the Mitchellville that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Mitchellville.
    • Missouri
      • Harrison County
      • This Mitchellville is located in Harrison County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Mitchellville that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Mitchellville.
    • Ontario
      • This Mitchellville lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Polk County.
    • South Carolina
      • Jasper County
      • This Mitchellville is located in Jasper County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Mitchellville.
    • Tennessee
      • Sumner County
      • This Mitchellville is located in Sumner County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Mitchellville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mitchellville ...

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.

  • Carbondale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Carbondale is located in Polk County
  • Enterprise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Enterprise is located in Polk County
  • Green Castle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle
    • Green Castle is located in Jasper County
  • Ivy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
    • Ivy is located in Polk County
  • Mingo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,025 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <4>
  • Prairie City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Prairiebell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairiebell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairiebell
    • Prairiebell is located in Jasper County
  • Rising Sun
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rising Sun have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Rising Sun is located in Polk County

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

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

  • Des Moines, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mitchellville to Des Moines, with an average speed<5> 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 879 miles [1,414.6 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 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,040 miles [8,111.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Mitchellville: www.mitchellville.org/

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.ia.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Mitchellville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mitchellville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6679, Longitude: -93.3630       In this case, the coordinates for Mitchellville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mitchellville 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Mitchellville 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 318.311 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.737 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.509 degrees.




 

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