Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sunbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunbury and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sunbury
- 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 Sunbury:
- 41.669914, -90.931391
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sunbury
- 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 Cedar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cedar County
- Since Sunbury is near Scott County and also Muscatine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- eBird sighting report for Muscatine 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sunbury ...
We found ten communities that share the name Sunbury.
Within Iowa, the name Sunbury is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Sunbury lies 1,623 miles [2,612 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunbury that is located in Cedar County.
- Georgia
- Illinois
- New Brunswick
- This Sunbury lies 1,264 miles [2,034.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunbury that is located in Cedar County.
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- This Sunbury is located in Delaware County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the east of the Sunbury that is located in Cedar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Sunbury.
- Montgomery County
- This Sunbury is located in Montgomery County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km] to the east southeast of the Sunbury that is located in Cedar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sunbury.
- Ontario
- This Sunbury lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunbury that is located in Cedar County.
- Pennsylvania
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunbury ...
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 Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Blue Grass
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Blue Grass is located in Scott County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,660 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Grass <3>
- Hickory Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Lime City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Maysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Moscow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Pleasant Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Sweetland Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetland Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland Center
- Sweetland Center is located in Muscatine County
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Sunbury 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 community such as Sunbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunbury and extending to:
- Tipton, which is the Seat of Cedar County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunbury to Tipton, 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 138 miles [222.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 755 miles [1,215.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,945 miles [7,958.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sunbury. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sunbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sunbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6699, Longitude: -90.9314 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Sunbury 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Sunbury to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.647 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.829 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.271 degrees. |