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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 Spragueville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spragueville 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 Spragueville:
- 42.071741, -90.432052
- 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 Spragueville
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Spragueville is near Clinton County and also Jo Daviess County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jo Daviess 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 Spragueville
Communities Also Named Spragueville ...
We found six communities that are also named Spragueville.
Within Iowa, the name Spragueville is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- This Spragueville is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spragueville that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Spragueville.
- New Hampshire
- Cheshire County
- This Spragueville is located in Cheshire County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the east of the Spragueville that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Spragueville.
- New York
- Jefferson County
- This Spragueville is located in Jefferson County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spragueville that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Spragueville.
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Cuyahoga County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Spragueville.
- Pennsylvania
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Spragueville [Monroe County].
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- This Spragueville is located in Providence County and lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the east of the Spragueville that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Spragueville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spragueville ...
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.
- Charlotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goose Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Green Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Miles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Petersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Petersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Pleasant Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Rockaway ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rockaway is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway
- Springbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Twin Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
How Far From Spragueville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Spragueville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spragueville and extending to:
- Maquoketa, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Spragueville to Maquoketa, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,274 miles [10,097 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,018 miles [11,294.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Spragueville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Spragueville, 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 Spragueville 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Spragueville 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 Spragueville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0717, Longitude: -90.4321 In this case, the coordinates for Spragueville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.314 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.503 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.915 degrees. |
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