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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 Moorland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moorland 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 Moorland:
    • 42.441378, -94.294384
    • 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 Moorland
  • 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
    • Since Moorland is near Calhoun County and also Humboldt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Humboldt 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 Moorland

Communities Also Named Moorland ...

We found six communities that are also named Moorland.

Within Iowa, the name Moorland is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Moorland is located in Jefferson County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Moorland that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Moorland.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Moorland [Rapides Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Moorland is located in Harford County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<1> to the east of the Moorland that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Moorland.
    • Michigan
      • Muskegon County
      • This Moorland is located in Muskegon County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the east of the Moorland that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskegon County community of Moorland.
    • Ohio
      • Wayne 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 Ohio community of Moorland [Wayne County].
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Moorland is located in King County and lies 1,400 miles [2,253.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Moorland that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Moorland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moorland ...

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.

  • Badger
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Brushy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Brushy is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
  • Clare
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Clare is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
  • Coalville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Coalville is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
  • Judd
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Judd is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd
  • Lena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Lena is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Palm Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Palm Grove is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Grove
  • Pioneer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
  • Piper
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Piper is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
  • Richard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Richard is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
  • Shady Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Shady Oak is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oak

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

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

  • Fort Dodge, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Moorland to Des Moines, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 934 miles [1,503.1 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 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,040 miles [8,111.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moorland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Moorland 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Moorland 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 Moorland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4414, Longitude: -94.2944       In this case, the coordinates for Moorland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.981 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.608 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.816 degrees.