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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 Predonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Predonia 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 Predonia:
- 42.054988, -92.804366
- 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 Predonia
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Predonia is near Tama County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tama County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Predonia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Predonia ...
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.
- Green Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Mountain is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Lincoln
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Long Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Long Point is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Malta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Malta is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Marshalltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Melbourne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Minerva is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Quarry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quarry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
- Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
How Far From Predonia 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 Predonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Predonia once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Predonia and extending to:
- Marshalltown, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the West.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Predonia to Des Moines, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 855 miles [1,376 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full 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 6,357 miles [10,230.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,106 miles [11,436 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,001 miles [8,048.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Predonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Predonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Predonia 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 Predonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0550, Longitude: -92.8044 In this case, the coordinates for Predonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.936 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.358 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.131 degrees. |
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