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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 Scotch Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scotch 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 Scotch Grove:
    • 42.172784, -91.107648
    • 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 Scotch 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 Scotch Grove ...

We found one communities that share the name Scotch Grove.

Within Iowa, the name Scotch Grove is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Scotch Grove in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Scotland 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 North Carolina community of Scotch Grove [Scotland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotch 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.

  • Amber
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
    • Amber is located in Jones County
  • Cascade
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Center Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
    • Center Junction is located in Jones County
    • Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
  • Clay Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
    • Clay Mills is located in Jones County
  • Dales Ford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dales Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales Ford
    • Dales Ford is located in Jones County
  • Edinburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Edinburg is located in Jones County
  • Junction Switch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction Switch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Switch
    • Junction Switch is located in Jones County
  • Springhole
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springhole have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhole
    • Springhole is located in Jones County
  • Temple Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temple Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill
    • Temple Hill is located in Jones County
  • Wyoming
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyoming have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
    • Wyoming is located in Jones County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <2>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Scotch Grove and extending to:

  • Anamosa, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Scotch Grove to Anamosa, with an average speed<5> 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Jones County: www.co.jones.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Scotch 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Scotch Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scotch Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1728, Longitude: -91.1076       In this case, the coordinates for Scotch Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Scotch 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 316.775 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.043 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.232 degrees.




 

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