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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 Powersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Powersville 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 Powersville:
- 42.936363, -92.687135
- 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 Powersville
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Powersville is near Butler County and also Chickasaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chickasaw 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 Powersville
Communities Also Named Powersville ...
We found four communities that are also named Powersville.
Within Iowa, the name Powersville is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Houston 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 Georgia community of Powersville [Houston County].
- Peach County
- This Powersville is located in Peach County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<2> to the southeast of the Powersville that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peach County community of Powersville.
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- This Powersville is located in Bracken County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Powersville that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Powersville.
- Missouri
- Putnam County
- This Powersville is located in Putnam County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Powersville that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Powersville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Powersville ...
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.
- Charles City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Doubleday
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Doubleday is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleday
- Greene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marble Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Packard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Packard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Roseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
How Far From Powersville 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 Powersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Powersville and extending to:
- Charles City, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Powersville to Charles City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 861 miles [1,385.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Powersville 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Powersville) 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 Powersville 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 Powersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9364, Longitude: -92.6871 In this case, the coordinates for Powersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.873 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.403 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.856 degrees. |
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