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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 Pleasant Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Prairie 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 Pleasant Prairie:
- 41.524426, -90.872089
- 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 Pleasant Prairie
- 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 Muscatine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muscatine County
- Since Pleasant Prairie is near Scott County and also Rock Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock Island 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 Pleasant Prairie
Communities Also Named Pleasant Prairie ...
We found four communities that are also named Pleasant Prairie.
Within Iowa, the name Pleasant Prairie is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Martin 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 Minnesota community of Pleasant Prairie [Martin County].
- Montana
- Daniels County
- This Pleasant Prairie is located in Daniels County and lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pleasant Prairie that is located in Muscatine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daniels County community of Pleasant Prairie.
- Washington
- Spokane 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 Washington community of Pleasant Prairie [Spokane County].
- Wisconsin
- Kenosha County
- This Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pleasant Prairie that is located in Muscatine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenosha County community of Pleasant Prairie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Prairie ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Illinois City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Little Groves
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Groves is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Groves
- New Era
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Era is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Sweetland Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetland Center is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland Center
How Far From Pleasant Prairie 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 Pleasant Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pleasant Prairie and extending to:
- Muscatine, which is the Seat of Muscatine County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pleasant Prairie to Muscatine, with an average speed<4> 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 141 miles [226.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 750 miles [1,207 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,949 miles [7,964.6 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pleasant Prairie 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Prairie) 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 Pleasant Prairie 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 Pleasant Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5244, Longitude: -90.8721 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.604 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.76 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.278 degrees. |
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