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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 Prole, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prole 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 Prole:
- 41.409158, -93.727165
- 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 Prole
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Prole is near Polk County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Prole
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prole ...
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.
- Churchville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Churchville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Commerce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Commerce is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Scotch Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scotch Ridge is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Ridge
- Summerset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Summerset is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset
- Summerset Junction ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Summerset Junction is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset Junction
- Tileville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tileville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tileville
- Valley Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Valley Junction is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Wick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
How Far From Prole 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 Prole to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Prole and extending to:
- Indianola, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prole to Indianola, with an average speed<2> 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 896 miles [1,442 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,422 miles [10,335.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,171 miles [11,540.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Prole) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Prole 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 Prole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4092, Longitude: -93.7272 In this case, the coordinates for Prole have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.554 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.982 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.754 degrees. |
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