Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Struble:
  • 42.894472, -96.194593
  • 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 Struble

• 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 Plymouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
  • Since Struble is near Sioux County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sioux County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Struble

Communities Also Named Struble ...

We found one communities that are also named Struble.

Within Iowa, the name Struble is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Pennsylvania
    • Centre County
    • This Struble is located in Centre County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the east of the Struble that is located in Plymouth County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Struble.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Struble ...

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 Springs
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Big Springs is located in Union County (SD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
• Craig
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Craig is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
• Hull
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Hull is located in Sioux County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,296 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hull <2>
• Marcus
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Marcus is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marcus <2>
• Merrill
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Merrill is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merrill <2>
• Neptune
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Neptune is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
• Orange City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange City is located in Sioux County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,260 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange City <2>
• Plymouth ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
• Ruble
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ruble is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruble
• Union Center
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Center is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Struble and extending to:

• Le Mars, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies just to the South.
• Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Struble to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,034 miles [1,664.1 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 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,182 miles [11,558.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'