Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Page Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Page Center and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Page Center

• 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 Page Center:
  • 40.712215, -95.129703
  • 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 Page Center

• 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 Page County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
  • Since Page Center is near Atchison County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Atchison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Page Center

Curious and Interesting Names Near Page Center ...

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.

• Climax
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Climax is located in Mills County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
• Coin
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Coin is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
• College Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • College Springs is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
• Dawsonville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Dawsonville is located in Nodaway County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
• Elmo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Elmo is located in Nodaway County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
• Farmers City
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
• Gravity
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Gravity is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
• Hepburn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hepburn is located in Page County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
• High Creek
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • High Creek is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
• London ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • London is located in Atchison County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
• Possum Walk
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Possum Walk is located in Nodaway County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Walk
• Roseberry
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Roseberry is located in Nodaway County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry

How Far From Page Center 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 community such as Page Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Page Center and extending to:

• Clarinda, which is the Seat of Page County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Page Center to Des Moines, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 966 miles [1,554.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,256 miles [11,677.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,152 miles [8,291.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'