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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 Numa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Numa 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 Numa:
- 40.686137, -92.978163
- 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 Numa
- 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 Appanoose County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Appanoose County
- Since Numa is near Wayne County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Numa
Communities Also Named Numa ...
We found six communities that are also named Numa.
Within Iowa, the name Numa is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Crowley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Numa [Crowley County].
- Otero 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 Colorado community of Numa [Otero County].
- Indiana
- Parke County
- This Numa is located in Parke County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Numa that is located in Appanoose County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Numa.
- Kansas
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Numa [Butler County].
- Louisiana
- Iberia Parish
- This Numa is located in Iberia Parish and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<2> to the south of the Numa that is located in Appanoose County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberia Parish community of Numa.
- Oklahoma
- Grant County
- This Numa is located in Grant County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Numa that is located in Appanoose County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Numa.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Numa ...
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.
- Brazil
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Diamond is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Jerome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Martinstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Martinstown is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
- Mystic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mystic is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Sunshine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thirty
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thirty is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirty
How Far From Numa to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Numa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Numa and extending to:
- Centerville, which is the Seat of Appanoose County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Numa to Des Moines, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. 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 853 miles [1,372.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,179 miles [11,553.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,070 miles [8,159.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Numa 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Numa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Numa 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 Numa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6861, Longitude: -92.9782 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.013 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.265 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.536 degrees. |
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