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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 Old Tripoli, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Tripoli 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 Old Tripoli:
- 42.826091, -92.265456
- 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 Old Tripoli
- 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 Bremer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bremer County
- Since Old Tripoli is near Chickasaw County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chickasaw County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Old Tripoli
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Tripoli ...
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.
- Alpha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alpha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Fredericksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Frederika
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frederika is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederika
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Glasgow ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Janesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Klinger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Klinger is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klinger
- Miner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Miner is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Republic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Republic is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Spring Fountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Fountain is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Fountain
- Tripoli
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Old Tripoli 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 Old Tripoli to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Tripoli and extending to:
- Waverly, which is the Seat of Bremer County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Tripoli to Waverly, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 838 miles [1,348.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,945 miles [7,958.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Tripoli) 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 Old Tripoli 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 Old Tripoli. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8261, Longitude: -92.2655 In this case, the coordinates for Old Tripoli have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.579 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.052 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.663 degrees. |
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