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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 Superior, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Superior 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 Superior:
- 43.433509, -94.946943
- 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 Superior
- 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 Dickinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson County
- Since Superior is near Emmet County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Superior
Communities Also Named Superior ...
We found 24 communities that are also named Superior.
Within Iowa, the name Superior is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of 24 communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- This Superior is located in Shelby County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Superior.
- Arizona
- Pinal County
- This Superior is located in Pinal County and lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinal County community of Superior.
- Colorado
- Boulder County
- This Superior is located in Boulder County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Superior.
- Indiana
- Parke County
- This Superior is located in Parke County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Superior.
- Kansas
- Jewell 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 Superior [Jewell County].
- Osage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Superior [Osage County].
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- This Superior is located in Caddo Parish and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the south of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Superior.
- Michigan
- Charlevoix 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 Michigan community of Superior [Charlevoix County].
- Chippewa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Superior [Chippewa County].
- Houghton County
- This Superior is located in Houghton County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houghton County community of Superior.
- Marquette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Superior [Marquette County].
- Washtenaw County
- This Superior is located in Washtenaw County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km] to the east of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Superior.
- Montana
- Mineral County
- This Superior is located in Mineral County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Superior.
- Nebraska
- Nuckolls County
- This Superior is located in Nuckolls County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nuckolls County community of Superior.
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Superior.
- Ohio
- Lawrence 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 Ohio community of Superior [Lawrence County].
- Trumbull County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Superior [Trumbull County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Superior [Allegheny County].
- Fayette County
- This Superior is located in Fayette County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Superior.
- Westmoreland County
- This Superior is located in Westmoreland County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the east of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Superior.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Superior is located in Salt Lake County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the west of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Superior.
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- This Superior is located in McDowell County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Superior.
- Wisconsin
- Douglas County
- This Superior is located in Douglas County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Superior.
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- This Superior is located in Sweetwater County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the west of the Superior that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Superior.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Superior ...
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.
- Alpha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Ceylon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dickens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dickens is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Fallow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fallow is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallow
- Fox Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Lake is located in Martin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Maple Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Orleans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Spirit Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Welcome
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Superior 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 Superior to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Superior and extending to:
- Spirit Lake, which is the Seat of Dickinson County, lies just to the West.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Superior to Des Moines, with an average speed<5>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 979 miles [1,575.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,357 miles [10,230.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,112 miles [11,445.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Superior) 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 Superior 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> | 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 Superior, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Superior 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 Superior. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4335, Longitude: -94.9469 In this case, the coordinates for Superior have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.466 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.293 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.934 degrees. |
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