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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 Moingona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moingona 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 Moingona:
- 42.016963, -93.932292
- 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 Moingona
- 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Since Moingona is near Dallas County and also Story County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Story 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 Moingona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moingona ...
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.
- Beaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coal Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Luther
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madrid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ridgeport is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeport
- Wolf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
How Far From Moingona 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 Moingona to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moingona and extending to:
- Boone, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Moingona to Des Moines, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 911 miles [1,466.1 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 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moingona) 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 Moingona 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 Moingona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0170, Longitude: -93.9323 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.716 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.248 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.724 degrees. |
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