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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 Stuart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stuart 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 Stuart:
- 41.499479, -94.320644
- 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 Stuart
- 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 Guthrie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guthrie County
- Since Stuart is near Dallas County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Stuart
Communities Also Named Stuart ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Stuart.
Within Iowa, the name Stuart is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Sharp County
- This Stuart is located in Sharp County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharp County community of Stuart.
- British Columbia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- California
- San Diego County
- This Stuart is located in San Diego County and lies 1,383 miles [2,225.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Stuart.
- Santa Barbara 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 California community of Stuart [Santa Barbara County].
- Colorado
- Kiowa County
- This Stuart is located in Kiowa County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Stuart.
- Florida
- Martin County
- This Stuart is located in Martin County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Stuart.
- Kansas
- Smith 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 Kansas community of Stuart [Smith County].
- Montana
- Deer Lodge County
- This Stuart is located in Deer Lodge County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deer Lodge County community of Stuart.
- Nebraska
- Holt County
- This Stuart is located in Holt County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Stuart.
- Oklahoma
- Hughes County
- This Stuart is located in Hughes County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hughes County community of Stuart.
- Ontario
- This Stuart lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Stuart is located in Davis County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the west of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Stuart.
- Virginia
- Patrick County
- This Stuart is located in Patrick County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Stuart.
- Washington
- King County
- This Stuart is located in King County and lies 1,415 miles [2,277.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Guthrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Stuart.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stuart ...
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.
- Casey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dale is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- DeSoto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Kennedy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Panther
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Panther is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Prussia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prussia is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussia
- Quarry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Quarry is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
- Redfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Stuart 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 Stuart to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stuart and extending to:
- Guthrie Center, which is the Seat of Guthrie County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stuart to Guthrie Center, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 927 miles [1,491.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stuart) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Stuart 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 Stuart 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 Stuart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4995, Longitude: -94.3206 In this case, the coordinates for Stuart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.968 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.47 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.04 degrees. |
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