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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 Nevinville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nevinville 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 Nevinville:
- 41.147210, -94.500798
- 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 Nevinville
- 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Since Nevinville is near Adair County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Nevinville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nevinville ...
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.
- Carl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carl is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Dewey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dewey is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Greenfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Kent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kent is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Prussia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Prussia is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussia
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Stringtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Nevinville 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 community such as Nevinville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nevinville and extending to:
- Corning, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nevinville to Corning, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 934 miles [1,503.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,212 miles [11,606.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,108 miles [8,220.5 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 from Point A (ie- Nevinville) 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 Nevinville 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 Nevinville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1472, Longitude: -94.5008 In this case, the coordinates for Nevinville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.08 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.553 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.208 degrees. |
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