Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sewal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sewal and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sewal

• 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 Sewal:
  • 40.644174, -93.258823
  • 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 Sewal

• 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Since Sewal is near Putnam County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Sewal

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sewal ...

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.

• Bethelhem
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Bethelhem is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelhem
• Big Spring ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Big Spring is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
• Galesburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Galesburg is located in Putnam County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
• Harvard
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Harvard is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
• Hodge
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hodge is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
• Jerome
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jerome is located in Appanoose County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
• Lineville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Lineville is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
• Martinstown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Martinstown is located in Appanoose County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
• Powersville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Powersville is located in Putnam County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
• Promise City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Promise City is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sewal and extending to:

• Corydon, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Sewal to Des Moines, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 868 miles [1,396.9 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 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,192 miles [11,574.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'