Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in New Liberty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Liberty and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for New Liberty
- 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 New Liberty:
- 41.715960, -90.877995
- 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 New Liberty
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since New Liberty is near Cedar County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cedar County
- eBird sighting report for Clinton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named New Liberty ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name New Liberty.
Within Iowa, the name New Liberty is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This New Liberty is located in Calhoun County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of New Liberty.
- Arkansas
- Izard County
- This New Liberty is located in Izard County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the south of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of New Liberty.
- Georgia
- Catoosa County
- This New Liberty is located in Catoosa County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of New Liberty.
- Illinois
- Pope County
- This New Liberty is located in Pope County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of New Liberty.
- Indiana
- Clark County
- This New Liberty is located in Clark County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of New Liberty.
- Kansas
- Republic 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 New Liberty [Republic County].
- Kentucky
- Metcalfe County
- This New Liberty is located in Metcalfe County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Metcalfe County community of New Liberty.
- Owen County
- This New Liberty is located in Owen County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east southeast of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of New Liberty.
- Mississippi
- Calhoun County
- This New Liberty is located in Calhoun County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the south of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of New Liberty.
- Missouri
- Lincoln County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of New Liberty.
- Oregon County
- This New Liberty is located in Oregon County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the south of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of New Liberty.
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Columbiana County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of New Liberty.
- Guernsey County
- This community is historic and although located in Guernsey County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of New Liberty.
- Oklahoma
- Beckham County
- This New Liberty is located in Beckham County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beckham County community of New Liberty.
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- This New Liberty is located in Clearfield County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the east of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of New Liberty.
- Texas
- Cass County
- This New Liberty is located in Cass County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the New Liberty that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of New Liberty.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Liberty ...
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.
- Big Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Grand Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mound
- Grand Mound is located in Clinton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Mound <5>
- Hickory Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Lime City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Moscow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Plainview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Pleasant Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleasant Prairie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Wheatland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From New Liberty 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 city such as New Liberty to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Liberty and extending to:
- Davenport, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Liberty to Davenport, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 753 miles [1,211.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,052 miles [11,349.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,941 miles [7,951.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Liberty. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Scott County: www.scottcountyiowa.com/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Liberty) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Liberty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7160, Longitude: -90.8780 In this case, the coordinates for New Liberty 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 New Liberty 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about New Liberty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 New Liberty to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.612 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.794 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.233 degrees. |