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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 O'Leary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to O'Leary 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 O'Leary:
- 42.706830, -96.057848
- 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 O'Leary
- 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 Plymouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
- Since O'Leary is near Cherokee County and also Woodbury County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodbury 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 O'Leary
Communities Also Named O'Leary ...
We found two communities that are also named O'Leary.
Within Iowa, the name O'Leary is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- This O'Leary is located in Chatham County and lies 1,088 miles [1,751 km]<1> to the southeast of the O'Leary that is located in Plymouth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of O'Leary.
- Prince Edward Island
- This O'Leary lies 1,575 miles [2,534.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the O'Leary that is located in Plymouth County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near O'Leary ...
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.
- Craig
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Craig is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Evergreen Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Woodbury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Fielding
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- James
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marcus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merrill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Neptune
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Neptune is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Plymouth ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Union Center
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
How Far From O'Leary 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 community such as O'Leary to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in O'Leary and extending to:
- Le Mars, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from O'Leary to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,187 miles [11,566.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,094 miles [8,198 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- O'Leary) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 O'Leary 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 O'Leary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7068, Longitude: -96.0578 In this case, the coordinates for O'Leary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.232 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.079 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.69 degrees. |
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