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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 Pickwick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pickwick 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 Pickwick:
- 41.008348, -92.418519
- 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 Pickwick
- 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 Wapello County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wapello County
- Since Pickwick is near Davis County and also Keokuk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Keokuk 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 Pickwick
Communities Also Named Pickwick ...
We found eight communities that are also named Pickwick.
Within Iowa, the name Pickwick is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Greeley 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 Pickwick [Greeley County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Pickwick is located in Baltimore County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<2> to the east of the Pickwick that is located in Wapello County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Pickwick.
- Minnesota
- Winona County
- This Pickwick is located in Winona County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Pickwick that is located in Wapello County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winona County community of Pickwick.
- Mississippi
- Marion County
- This Pickwick is located in Marion County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Pickwick that is located in Wapello County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Pickwick.
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- This Pickwick is located in Bryan County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Pickwick that is located in Wapello County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Pickwick.
- Tennessee
- Hardin 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 Tennessee community of Pickwick [Hardin County].
- Texas
- Palo Pinto 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 Texas community of Pickwick [Palo Pinto County].
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Pickwick [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pickwick ...
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.
- Blackhawk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackhawk is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Business Corners ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Business Corners is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Business Corners
- Carbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carbon is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Cedar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Cliffland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Drakesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dunnville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dunnville is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Frederic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frederic is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Kirkville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Martinsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Pleasant Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corner
- Pleasant View ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- White Elm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- White Elm is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Elm
How Far From Pickwick to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pickwick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pickwick and extending to:
- Ottumwa, which is the Seat of Wapello County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Pickwick 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 826 miles [1,329.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,397 miles [10,295 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,033 miles [8,099.8 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 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 Pickwick 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 '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- Pickwick) 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 Pickwick 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 Pickwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0083, Longitude: -92.4185 In this case, the coordinates for Pickwick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.642 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.881 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.181 degrees. |
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