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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 Prairie Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Grove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Prairie Grove:
    • 40.879204, -91.252372
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prairie Grove
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Prairie Grove ...

We found eight communities that share the name Prairie Grove.

There is one other community in Iowa which is also named Prairie Grove.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Iowa ...
    • Clarke 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 Iowa community of Prairie Grove [Clarke County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Drew County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in Drew County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<2> to the south of the Prairie Grove that is located in Des Moines County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Drew County community of Prairie Grove.
      • Washington County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in Washington County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km] to the south southwest of the Prairie Grove that is located in Des Moines County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Prairie Grove.
    • Illinois
      • McHenry County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Prairie Grove that is located in Des Moines County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Prairie Grove.
    • Kansas
      • Republic 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 Prairie Grove [Republic County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Prairie Grove lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Prairie Grove that is located in Des Moines County.
    • Texas
      • Angelina County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in Angelina County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Prairie Grove that is located in Des Moines County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Angelina County community of Prairie Grove.
      • Limestone County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in Limestone County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the south southwest of the Prairie Grove that is located in Des Moines County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Prairie Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie Grove ...

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.

  • Beaverdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
    • Beaverdale is located in Des Moines County
  • Danville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Danville is located in Des Moines County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
  • Denmark
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dodgeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
    • Dodgeville is located in Des Moines County
  • Gulf Port
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Port
    • Gulf Port is located in Henderson County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Mediapolis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Des Moines County
  • Skunk River
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skunk River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skunk River
    • Skunk River is located in Des Moines County
  • Spring Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
    • Spring Grove is located in Des Moines County

How Far From Prairie Grove 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 Prairie Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie Grove and extending to:

  • Burlington, which is the Seat of Des Moines County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Prairie Grove to Des Moines, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 764 miles [1,229.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,106 miles [11,436 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Des Moines County: www.co.des-moines.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

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 Prairie Grove 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- Prairie Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8792, Longitude: -91.2524       In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Prairie Grove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.847 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.951 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.628 degrees.




 

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