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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 Sioux Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sioux Center 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 Sioux Center:
- 43.078667, -96.171189
- 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 Sioux Center
- 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 Sioux County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sioux County
- Since Sioux Center is near Plymouth County and also Lyon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon 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 Sioux Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sioux Center ...
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.
- Archer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Craig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Edna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Elm Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Spring is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Spring
- George
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hull
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Orange City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Rock Rapids
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rock Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ruble is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruble
How Far From Sioux Center 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 city such as Sioux Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sioux Center and extending to:
- Orange City, which is the Seat of Sioux County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Sioux Center to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,081 miles [8,177.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sioux Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sioux Center 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 Sioux Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0787, Longitude: -96.1712 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.325 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.233 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.671 degrees. |
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