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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 Stockport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stockport 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 Stockport:
- 40.857262, -91.833468
- 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 Stockport
- 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 Van Buren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Since Stockport is near Jefferson County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 Stockport
Communities Also Named Stockport ...
We found seven communities that are also named Stockport.
Within Iowa, the name Stockport is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- This Stockport is located in Delaware County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the east of the Stockport that is located in Van Buren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Stockport.
- Manitoba
- This Stockport lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stockport that is located in Van Buren County.
- New York
- Columbia County
- This Stockport is located in Columbia County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stockport that is located in Van Buren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Stockport.
- Delaware County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Stockport [Delaware County].
- Ohio
- Morgan County
- This Stockport is located in Morgan County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the east of the Stockport that is located in Van Buren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Stockport.
- Pennsylvania
- Wayne County
- This Stockport is located in Wayne County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the east of the Stockport that is located in Van Buren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Stockport.
- Washington
- Cowlitz County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Stockport [Cowlitz County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stockport ...
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.
- Big Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bonaparte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Palestine ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Parksville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Parksville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Pierceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pierceville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
How Far From Stockport 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 city such as Stockport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stockport and extending to:
- Keosauqua, which is the Seat of Van Buren County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stockport to Keosauqua, with an average speed<4> 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 105 miles [169 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 794 miles [1,277.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,128 miles [11,471.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stockport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Stockport 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Stockport 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 Stockport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8573, Longitude: -91.8335 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.24 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.399 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.923 degrees. |
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