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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 Raleigh, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Raleigh 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 Raleigh:
- 43.339404, -94.868876
- 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 Raleigh
- 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 Emmet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet County
- Since Raleigh is near Dickinson County and also Palo Alto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palo Alto 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 Raleigh
Communities Also Named Raleigh ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Raleigh.
Within Iowa, the name Raleigh is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pickens 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 Alabama community of Raleigh [Pickens County].
- Florida
- Levy County
- This Raleigh is located in Levy County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Levy County community of Raleigh.
- Georgia
- Meriwether County
- This Raleigh is located in Meriwether County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Raleigh.
- Illinois
- Saline County
- This Raleigh is located in Saline County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Raleigh.
- Indiana
- Rush County
- This Raleigh is located in Rush County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Raleigh.
- Kentucky
- Union County
- This Raleigh is located in Union County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Raleigh.
- Mississippi
- Smith County
- This Raleigh is located in Smith County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Raleigh.
- New Jersey
- Camden 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 New Jersey community of Raleigh [Camden County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Raleigh lies 1,888 miles [3,038.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- North Carolina
- Wake County
- This Raleigh is located in Wake County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Raleigh.
- North Dakota
- Grant County
- This Raleigh is located in Grant County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Raleigh.
- Ontario
- This Raleigh lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- This Raleigh is located in Shelby County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Raleigh.
- Texas
- Navarro County
- This Raleigh is located in Navarro County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<2> to the south of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Raleigh.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- This Raleigh is located in Raleigh County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Raleigh that is located in Emmet County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Raleigh.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Raleigh ...
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.
- Ceylon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dickens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Emmetsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fallow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
- Maple Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Orleans
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Spirit Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Raleigh 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 Raleigh to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Raleigh and extending to:
- Estherville, which is the Seat of Emmet County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Raleigh to Des Moines, with an average speed<4>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 974 miles [1,567.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Raleigh 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Raleigh) 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 Raleigh 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 Raleigh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3394, Longitude: -94.8689 In this case, the coordinates for Raleigh have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.409 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.215 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.914 degrees. |
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