Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sawyer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sawyer and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sawyer
- 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 Sawyer:
- 40.696656, -91.354946
- 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 Sawyer
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Sawyer is near Des Moines County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Des Moines County
- eBird sighting report for Hancock 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sawyer ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Sawyer.
Within Iowa, the name Sawyer is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Cibola County
- This Sawyer is located in Cibola County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sawyer that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cibola County community of Sawyer.
- Valencia County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Valencia County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valencia County community of Sawyer.
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Sawyer is located in Allegany County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sawyer that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Sawyer.
- Niagara County
- This Sawyer is located in Niagara County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the east northeast of the Sawyer that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Sawyer.
- Orleans County
- This Sawyer is located in Orleans County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the east northeast of the Sawyer that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Sawyer.
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sawyer ...
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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Beaverdale is located in Des Moines County
- Bricker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Danville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Denmark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Denmark is located in Lee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denmark <5>
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Lee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Pilot Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Prairie Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Prairie Grove is located in Des Moines County
- Skunk River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skunk River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 Sawyer 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 Sawyer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sawyer and extending to:
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sawyer to Des Moines, with an average speed<6>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 768 miles [1,236 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,375 miles [10,259.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,118 miles [11,455.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,005 miles [8,054.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sawyer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lee County: www.leecounty.org/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sawyer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sawyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6967, Longitude: -91.3549 |
| <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 Sawyer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Sawyer 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Sawyer to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.912 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.00 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.723 degrees. |